Characters

• The 3 apparitions

  Armoured head

  A bloody child

  A child, crowned with a tree in his hands
• • Macbeth: A Scottish general who kills King Duncan to take the throne.
• • Lady Macbeth: Macbeth's wife, who urges him to kill King Duncan.
• • Banquo: A general in the Scottish army and Macbeth's friend.
• • Duncan: The King of Scotland.
• • Macduff: A Scottish nobleman who is suspicious of Macbeth and eventually defeats him in the play's final act.
• • The Weird Sisters: Three witches who prophesy Macbeth's rise to power.
• • Malcolm: Duncan's son and heir to the throne.
• Donalbain is Duncan’s youngest son. He runs away to Ireland when his father is murdered.
• Lady Macduff is Macduff’s wife and Ross’s cousin. She is angry with Macduff when he leaves for England to raise an army because he has put his country before his family. When she is warned that she is in danger, she refuses to run away because she knows that she has done nothing wrong. Macbeth’s henchmen kill her child, and then kill her.
• A Scottish nobleman, Lennox comes with Macduff to fetch Duncan on the morning after the King is killed. He loses faith in Macbeth and suspects him of the murders fairly early on but cannot confront Macbeth. He sees Macbeth after the Witches’ final predictions. He has to tell Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England. He joins in the rebellion against Macbeth.
• Ross is a Scottish nobleman and Lady Macduff’s cousin. He brings Macbeth the news that Duncan has made him Thane of Cawdor. He tries to comfort Lady Macduff when her husband leaves for England. He has to tell Macduff the sad news that his family has been murdered. He joins Malcolm and the English army in toppling Macbeth towards the end.
• Son: The boy is Lord and Lady Macduff’s son. He is cheeky to his mum and obviously quite clever even though he is still very young. He defends his father’s reputation against Macbeth’s henchmen and they kill him.