Plot Points

• ACT 1

  • SCENE 1 - we meet the witches
  • SCENE 2 - describes Macbeth in battle
  • SCENE 3 - first set of prophecies
  • SCENE 4 - Duncan says Malcolm is heir to throne which sparks Macbeth's ambition and desire to be king
  • SCENE 5 - Lady Macbeth's soliloquy
  • SCENE 6 - arrive at Macbeth's castle
  • SCENE 7 - planning Duncan's murder
• ACT 2

  • SCENE 1 - Macbeth sees the vision of the dagger / goes to kill Duncan
  • SCENE 2 - Macbeth is drowning in guilt / Lady Macbeth goes and frames the guards
  • SCENE 3 - Macduff discovers murder / Malcolm and donalbain flea Scotland
  • SCENE 4 - nature has been corrupted / Macbeth is crowned king
• ACT 3

  • SCENE 1 - Banquo suspects Macbeth of the murder / sends murderers to kill them both
  • SCENE 2 - Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth everything is alright
  • SCENE 3 - Banquo is murdered and fleance escapes
  • SCENE 4 - banquet scene / Macbeth going mad
  • SCENE 5 - Hectate meets with the witches
  • SCENE 6 - Macduff has gone to England to raise an army against Macbeth
• ACT 4

  • SCENE 1 - witches cauldron / 2nd set of prophecies along with apparitions
  • SCENE 2 - Lady Macduff believes Macduff is a traitor / Macbeth sends murderers to kill him but they kill his wife and son instead
  • SCENE 3 - Macduff tells Malcolm of his suspicions / ready with an army / Macduff finds out that his wife and children have been murdered
• ACT 5

  • SCENE 1 - Lady Macbeth is descending into madness / obsessed with hand washing
  • SCENE 2 - the army starts to come / Macbeth's men are turning on him
  • SCENE 3 - Macbeth has a false sense of security so does not fear an attack / the doctor informs him that Lady Macbeth is very ill
  • SCENE 4 - the army cut down trees at birnham wood and use them as a disguise to hide themselves
  • SCENE 5 - Macbeth is told that " birnham wood is marching to dunsiane hill " so the prophecy has come true / Macneth is determind to go down fighting / Lady Macbeth walks off the battlements and dies
  • SCENE 6 - Army arrives at castle
  • SCENE 7 - Macbeth is convinced that no one will harm him due to the prophecies so prepares to fight
  • SCENE 8 - Macduff reveals he was born from a c-section so he can kill Macbeth / Macbeth is beheaded
  • SCENE 9 - Malcolm is named king / Macbeth's head is put on a spike