act summaries
Cards (5)
- act one
- generals in King Duncan's army
- on way back from battle run into witches
- tell Macbeth he will be thane of Cawdor and be king
- tell Banquo his descendants will become king
- Macbeth becomes thane of Cawdor - makes him believe witches
- write to lady Macbeth about witches and becoming thane of Cawdor
- act two
- lady m suggest murdering Duncan when he visits
- Macbeth eventual agrees
- lady m gets guards drunk
- leaves Macbeth to kill the king
- lady m calls MacBeth a coward for feeling guilt
- she plants bloody daggers by guards
- Macduff arrives
- kings corpse found
- Macbeth kills guards for their actions
- Malcom and Donalbain flee
- act three
- Macbeth crowned king of scotland
- becomes paranoid
- sends hit out on Banquo and Fleance
- Fleance escapes
- Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost at banquet
- act 4
- goes back to see witches
- give him three prophecies
- cannot be killed until Birnam wood moves towards him, no man born of woman born can kill him, beware MacDuff
- sends murders to kill Macduff's family
- Macduff joins with Malcom and Donalbain to kill Macbeth
- act five
- Macbeth is told Birnam wood is moving towards him
- Malcom army used branches as disguise
- lady m killed herself - visions of blood on hands
- Macbeth fights MacDuff knowing he cannot be killed by a man of women born
- Macduff was born via c-section
- Macduff delivers head to Malcom
- Malcom crowned king