plot

• The story takes place in the country of

  Scotland
• How many witches are in the story?

  Three
• The witches predicted that...

  Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and become king. Banquo will be the father of kings.
• Duncan announced that the next king would be

  Malcolm
• In Act I, Lady Macbeth convinced her husband to

  kill the king to become king
• The king's murder was to be blamed on

  the servants
• In Act II, Macbeth decides to kill the king when he sees a ___ and hears a ____

  dagger, bell
• Macbeth murders the king because

  His ambition was to become king.
• Duncan's servants cannot protect him because

  Lady Macbeth drugged their drinks
• In Act II, Macbeth was supposed to leave the bloody daggers beside


  the servants
• In Act II, what did Lady Macbeth smear on the servants

  blood
• In Act III, Macbeth wanted Banquo and his son murdered because he thought...

  Banquo suspected him of foul play and that his son may take the throne from him
• In Act III, the murderers killed

  Banquo
• In Act III, how did Lady Macbeth feel about being queen

  She did not enjoy it as much as she had imagined as she had become more distant from her husband.
• In Act III, whose ghost did Macbeth see at the royal banquet?

  Banquo's
• In Act III, Lady Macbeth said Macbeth's strange behavior was the result of


  A strange illness he had since childhood
• Wanting to know his future, Macbeth decided to seek out

  the witches
• In Act III, Macduff went to England where he


  joined Malcolm in preparing an army to bring down Macbeth
• In Act IV, Macbeth found the witches chanting

  "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble"
• In Act IV, the apparition of a bloody child predicted that


  Macbeth could not be killed by one born of a woman
• In Act IV, the apparition of the child with the tree predicted Macbeth could only be killed

  when Birnam Wood came to Dunsinane
• In Act IV, the final apparition showed that

  Banquo's sons would reign as kings
• In Act IV, when Macbeth was told that Macduff had fled England, he decided to

  go to his castle and kill his family
• In Act IV, when Macduff heard that his family had been slaughtered, he vowed to

  avenge his family's death by overthrowing Macbeth
• In Act V, when Lady Macbeth complained about a spot on her hands, she was referring to

  blood - the murder of King Duncan.
• In Act V, the English troops were led by

  Malcolm
• In Act V, the soldiers were ordered to carry tree boughs to

  hide their numbers
• In Act V, who killed Macbeth?

  Macduff
• In Act V, who became the new king?

  Malcolm
• The setting of Macbeth at the start and end is...

  on the battlefield.
• 1. While returning from a battle victory, Macbeth, a powerful lord, meets three Witches who predict that he will become King of Scotland.
• 2. Macbeth tells his wife of the Witches' predictions and she encourages him to murder the current king, Duncan, who is staying with them as a guest.
• 3. After Macduff discovers the murder, Duncan's sons flee the country, leaving the way clear for Macbeth to become king.
• 4. Banquo, Macbeth's best friend, becomes suspicious of what his friend has done so Macbeth has him murdered too.
• 5. Macbeth pays a second visit to the Witches and receives more predictions.
• 6. In England, Malcolm (Duncan's elder son) and his chief supporter, Macduff, plan to invade Scotland to win back the throne. An enraged Macbeth has Macduff's wife and children killed; Macduff swears revenge.
• 7. Lady Macbeth suffers from guilt for what she has done and eventually commits suicide.
• 8. Malcolm's invasion is successful and Macduff kills Macbeth. Malcolm becomes the new King of Scotland and the country counts the cost of Macbeth's short but bloody reign.