Macbeth Quiz

Proof of the Macbeth Notes

So here is the beginning of my Macbeth notes. Dr.Preston, please check your email for the reason I didn't post all of it. I'm just posting before midnight that I do, indeed have work to show for myself. The rest of it is just written in pen. Thank you.

Macbeth Notes

Act 1 Scene 1

·         3 witches

Act 1 Scene 2

·         Thane of Cawdor- traitor

·         Macbeth- war hero/ thane of Glamis

·         Macbeth becomes thane of Cawdor to take place of traitor (witches forsee in next scene)

Act 1 Scene 3

·         When thunder rolls, witches appear

·         Banquo questions their mortality, comparing them to something unhuman

·         Witches proclaim Macbeth will one day be King

·         Macbeth isn’t weary of the witches, while Banquo is

Act 1 Scene 4

·         Malcom (King’s son) heir to throne

·         Stands in the way Macbeth & crown

Act 1 Scene 5

·         Lady Macbeth points out, Macbeth is ambitious… (familiar? Caesar)

·         Thinks he’s too kind to become King- so she’ll convince him

·         Put femininity aside to do what is necessary

·         Lady M has plans to kill Duncan that evening

Act 1 Scene 6

·         King comes to Macbeth’s castle and is greeted

Act 1 Scene 7

·         Macbeth worried about setting in a stream of consequences for killing the King

·         No other reason to kill the King other than self-ambition

·         No longer intends on killing Duncan – Lady M pissed- questions his manhood

·         Plan: while Duncan sleeps, she will give his chamberlains wine to make them drunk, and then she and Macbeth can slip in and murder Duncan. They will smear the blood of Duncan on the sleeping chamberlains to cast the guilt upon them.

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