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Scene Summaries
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Act I Summaries • Scene i – three witches decide to meet with Macbeth after the battle • Scene ii – Macbeth defeats traitor & King gives Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor • Banquo & Macbeth are good friends & fight together in the war • Dramatic Irony (add to www) – when the audience knows something the characters do not!
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Act I Summaries • Scene iii – witches make predictions: Macbeth will be: • • Thane of Glamis (already is!) Thane of Cawdor (is but doesn’t know it yet!) King Banquo will be: • Lesser than Macbeth but greater • Not as lucky as Macbeth but luckier • Not a king, but kids will be kings Macbeth & Banquo find out that Macbeth is now the Thane of Cawdor & Macbeth begins to dream of being king!
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Act I Summaries • Scene iv – Macbeth gets close to the king to gain his trust & eventually be king himself, but King Duncan proclaims his son Malcolm heir to the throne. Macbeth admits that Malcolm is now a problem! • Scene v – at their castle, Lady Macbeth is reading a letter from her husband describing the witches’ prophesies. She thinks her husband is too weak to act & decides that when the king visits their castle, they will kill the king!
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Act I Summaries • Scene vi – King Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s castle & is welcomed by Lady Macbeth (who is secretly plotting his murder!) • Scene vii – Macbeth admits to self that his ambition has led him to thoughts of murder. Lady Macbeth taunts him to show his manliness by killing Duncan!
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Act II Summary • Scene i – Mcb & Banquo decide to talk about the witches’ predictions later. Mc. B hallucinates a bloody dagger. • Scene ii – Mcb kills king; brings daggers back to bedroom; Lady Mc. B tells Mc. B to take daggers back, but he won’t; she does & covers guards with blood & puts daggers beside them
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Act II Summaries • Scene iii – Macduff comes to Macbeth’s castle & discovers the king is murdered; Mcbeth kills the guards out of “loyalty & anger” (lie) really Mc. B wanted to cyb! Malcolm & Donalbain (king’s sons) decide to run away/hide bc fear for lives! • Scene iv – Mcb becomes king; Macduff doubts Mcb! Malcom & Donalbain run away & are potential suspects of the murder!
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Act III Summaries • Scene i – Mcb hires murderers to kill Banquo & Fleance • Scene ii – Lady Mcb tells Mcb to quit being so nervous & sad – Mcb hints something bad might happen to Banq! • Scene iii - The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes. • Scene iv – Banquet; murderers tell Mc. B that Banquo is dead/Fleance escaped; Mc. B sees Banquo’s ghost; Lady Mc. B makes excuses that Mc. B is ill & tells everyone to leave.
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Act III Summaries • Scene v – Hecate (head witch) meets with 3 witches & decides to be involved in ruining Mc. B. • Scene vi – Now Lennox suspects Mc. B and asks about Macduff; Macduff is in England raising an army against Mc. B…Mc. B summoned Macduff to come back, but Macduff refused.