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Macbeth Full Play Summary. The play begins with the brief appearance of a trio of witches and then moves to a military camp, where the Scottish King Duncan hears the news that his generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have defeated two separate invading armies—one from Ireland, led by the rebel Macdonwald, and one from Norway.
- Plot Analysis
In a crucial turning point in the play, Macbeth is faced...
- Act 5: Scenes 1–8
Summary: Act 5: Scene 8. Elsewhere on the battlefield,...
- Character List
Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power...
- Themes
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas...
- Lady Macbeth
Afterward, however, Lady Macbeth begins a slow slide into...
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- Macbeth Characters
Unlike many of Shakespeare’s other tragic heroes, Macbeth...
- Plot Analysis
While the English and Scottish under Malcolm march toward Dunsinane, Lady Macbeth begins sleepwalking and imagining blood on her hands that can't be washed off. Macbeth has become manic, cruel, and haughty—many of his men desert to Malcolm's side.
[A banquet prepared. Enter MACBETH, LADY MACBETH,] [p]ROSS, LENNOX, Lords, and Attendants] Macbeth. You know your own degrees; sit down: at first And last the hearty welcome. Lords. Thanks to your majesty. Macbeth. Ourself will mingle with society, 1275 And play the humble host. Our hostess keeps her state, but in best time We will require her ...
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31 Ιουλ 2015 · Synopsis: Macbeth, set primarily in Scotland, mixes witchcraft, prophecy, and murder. Three “Weïrd Sisters” appear to Macbeth and his comrade Banquo after a battle and prophesy that Macbeth will be king and that the descendants of Banquo will also reign.
Mark, king of Scotland, mark: No sooner justice had with valour arm'd Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels, But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage, With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men Began a fresh assault.
In a crucial turning point in the play, Macbeth is faced with a choice: to take decisive action to claim the crown as his own, or to simply wait and see what happens. Every choice he makes, and every thing that happens for the rest of the play stem from his decision here.
