Macbeth summary

             Scene 1: 3 witches gather up and predict the war and that they're meeting with Macbeth.
             Scene 2: A wounded soldier tells the king about Macbeth's bravery and the king says that Macbeth shall be the new Thane of Cawdor.
             Scene 3: 3 witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo. They give each predictions about their future.
             Scene 4: The king announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor. And in honor to Macbeth invites himself and the court to visit Macbeths castle.
             Scene 5: Lady Macbeth reads her husbands letter about the prophecies, and when she is told that the king is coming to her castle for dinner she makes up her mind and plans to kill the king that night.
             Scene 6: Occurs in a nice sunny day. Lady Macbeth welcomes her guests and escorts the king to Macbeth.
             Scene 7: Macbeth wants to back out of the plan, but when lady Macbeth hears this she mocks her husbands fears. After they talk Macbeth is committed in stabbing Duncan while he sleeps.
             Scene 1: Banquo and Macbeth agree in talking about their prophecies some day, but Banquo says he won't talk about anything that isn't loyal. When he leaves the room Macbeth hallucinates with a dagger floating in the air. He then hears the signal to go kill Duncan.
             Scene 2: Lady Macbeth shows she is very tense, but when Macbeth enters the room with the daggers used to kill Duncan she tells him to go back. Macbeth can't go back and talks about how he cannot pray anymore. Lady Macbeth goes and puts the daggers in the guards' hands.
             Scene 3: The drunken porter relieves tension with comedy. The kings body is found.
             Scene 4: The kings sons who have escaped are accused for killing Duncan. Macbeth is named king, Macduff disagrees and leaves.
             Scene 1: Banquo suspects Macbeth killed the Duncan but remains silent. When Banquo and his son go for a ride Macbeth sends 3 murderers to kill them.
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