MACBETH NOTES
ACT ONE, SCENE ONE
WITCHES SET SCARY MOOD; LOOKING FOR MACBETH
FORESHADOWS BAD THINGS FOR MACBETH
ACT ONE, SCENE TWO
WOUNDED CAPTAIN REPORTS ON MACBETH ON BATTLEFIELD
MACBETH KICKING BUTT, CARVING UP ENEMY
WANTS TO BATHE IN BLOOD OF ENEMY
EXAGGERATION: MACBETH IS NO PSYCHO
MACBETH HAS BEATEN ALL ARMIES AND VICTORY IS HIS
NOT LETTING OPPONENT SURRENDER, BURY DEAD
MACBETH WILL GET TITLE OF THANE OF CAWDOR
CURRENT THANE WILL BE KILLED FOR TREASON
ACT ONE, SCENE THREE
WITCHES TELL MACBETH HE WILL BE THANE OF CAWDOR AND KING
MACBETH STUNNED
WITCHES TELL BANQUO HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE KING
BANQUO WILL NOT BE KING
ROSS AND ANGUS TELL MACBETH HIS IS NOW THANE OF CAWDOR
MACBETH EXCITED; BANQUO WORRIED OF CONSEQUENCES OF WITCHES
MACBETH IN ASIDE:
HE WILL KILL KING IF HE HAS TO
EXCITED ABOUT WITCHES PREDICTION
WILL WAIT TO SEE IF HE IS CROWNED WITHOUT VIOLENCE
MACBETH WANTS TO MEET WITH BANQUO LATER
FORESHADOWS TROUBLE WITH FRIENDSHIP LATER
ACT ONE, SCENE FOUR
DUNCAN FORESHADOWS MACBETH’S INTENTIONS
NO WAY TO KNOW A PERSON
TRUSTED THANE WHO COMMITTED TREASON
MACBETH IS AFRAID HE WON’T BE ABLE TO HIDE HIS INTENTIONS FOR DUNCAN
DUNCAN TALKS OF HOW HONORABLE BANQUO IS; NOT MACBETH
ACT ONE, SCENE FIVE
LADY MACBETH IS WORRIED THAT MACBETH CAN’T KILL KING
MACBETH IS TOO KIND
SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON MACBETH
DUNCAN ON THE WAY TO MACBETH’S CASTLE
LADY MACBETH NEEDS TO PSYCH HERSELF UP FOR THE MURDER
LADY MACBETH COACHES MACBETH TO HAVE A POKER FACE
LADY MACBETH WILL HANDLE THE DETAILS
ACT ONE, SCENE SIX
DUNCAN ARRIVES; NOTICES ABSENCE OF MACBETH
ACT ONE, SCENE SEVEN
MACBETH TORN OVER MURDER
WORRIES ABOUT FINAL JUDGMENT
HE SHOULD BE ONE PROTECTING DUNCAN
MACBETH CAN’T FACE DUNCAN
MACBETH WANTS TO STOP MURDER; HE IS IN GREAT STANDING
LADY MACBETH CHALLENGES HIS MANHOOD
LADY MACBETH WOULD CRUSH BABY SKULL IF SHE PROMISED
MACBETH IS NOT KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO KILL DUNCAN
LADY MACBETH’S PLAN: DRUG GUARDS, FRAME THEM FOR DUNCAN’S MURDER
ACT TWO, SCENE ONE
BANQUO HAVING BAD DREAMS; UP ALL NIGHT
MACBETH WANTS TO TALK TO BANQUO; POTENTIAL HONORS
BANQUO WON’T DO ANYTHING DISHONORABLE
MACBETH SEES PHANTOM DAGGER; LOSING HIS MIND
BLOODY BUSINESS IS MAKING HIM SEE THINGS
ACT TWO, SCENE TWO
LADY MACBETH DRUGGED GUARDS’ DRINKS
DUNCAN LOOKS LIKE HER FATHER OR SHE WOULD STAB HIM
MACBETH BACK FROM KILLING DUNCAN
FREAKING OUT – BLOODY HANDS
DID HE HANDLE HIMSELF WELL; NOT AROUSE SUSPICION
MACBETH FORGOT TO PLANT DAGGERS ON GUARDS
LADY MACBETH WILL DO IT
MACBETH WORRIED ABOUT BLOODY HANDS; LADY MACBETH NOT
ACT TWO, SCENE THREE
PORTER PROVIDES COMIC RELIEF AFTER TENSE MURDER SCENE
INTRODUCES KNOCK, KNOCK WHO’S THERE
EVERYONE WAS PARTYING NIGHT BEFORE WITH KING IN TOWN
LENNOX REPORTS STRANGE DOINGS
CHIMNEYS BLOWN DOWN
STRANGE CRIES OF DEATH
OWL SHRIEKS ALL NIGHT
MACDUFF GOES TO WAKE DUNCAN; FINDS BODY
MACBETH CONFESSES TO KILLING GUARDS IN A RAGE
SAYS ANYONE WOULD DO THE SAME
DUNCAN’S SONS DONALBAIN AND MALCOLM CHOOSE TO SPLIT UP AND FLEE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY
ACT TWO, SCENE FOUR
MORE REPORTS OF STRANGE EVENTS
STILL DARK DURING THE DAY
OWL KILLS FALCON IN MIDFLIGHT
DUNCAN’S HORSES ATE EACH OTHER
MACDUFF SUSPECT DONALBAIN AND MALCOM IN DUNCAN’S MURDER
THEY TOOK OFF
HAD A LOT TO GAIN
MACDUFF IS GOING HOME INSTEAD OF SEEING MACBETH CROWNED
PICKED HIS SIDE AGAINST MACBETH
ACT TWO, SCENE THREE
MORNING AFTER DUNCAN’S MURDER LENNOX SPEAKS OF STRANGE THINGS
LAST NIGHT CHIMNEYS BLOWN DOWN
SCREAMS IN THE NIGHT
THE OWL SHRIEKED ALL NIGHT
EARTH SHOOK
ALL PREDICTED MURDER OF DUNCAN
MACDUFF GOES TO WAKE DUNCAN; FINDS BODY
MACBETH CONFESSES TO KILLING GUARDS IN A RAGE
DUNCAN’S SONS DONALBAIN AND MALCOLM WITH SPLIT UP AND FLEE
WORRIED FOR THEIR SAFETY
ACT TWO, SCENE FOUR
MORE FREAKY BUSINESS ON NIGHT OF DUNCAN’S MURDER
NO SUNRISE
OWL KILLED FALCON
DUNCAN’S HORSES ATE EACH OTHER
MACDUFF THINKS SOMEONE BRIBEB GUARDS TO KILL DUNCAN
MALCOLM AND DONALBAIN FLED; THEY ARE SUSPECTS
MACBETH WILL BE CROWNED KING IN SCOTLAND
ACT THREE, SCENE ONE
BANQUO THINKING ABOUT WITCHES’ PREDICTION ABOUT HIS SON
HOPES IT’S TRUE
MACBETH HOSTING A BANQUO BANQUET
A SET-UP TO MURDER BANQUO AND HIS SON FLEANCE
MACBETH GETS THREE THUGS TO KILL BANQUO AND HIS SON
CONVINCES THUGS BANQUO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR STRUGGLES
WILL OWE THUGS AS KING
ACT THREE, SCENE TWO
MACBETH STILL RACKED WITH REMORSE OVER DUNCAN’S MURDER
LADY MACBETH TELLS HIM HE NEEDS TO MOVE ON
MACBETH WORRIES ABOUT FUTURE ENEMIES AND PRESSURE
RATHER BE DEAD WITH DUNCAN
MACBETH AGREES THEY SHOULD FLATTER GUESTS; HIDE TRUTH
MACBETH HINTS TO LADY MACBETH ABOUT BANQUO MURDER PLOT
ACT THREE, SCENE THREE
MURDERERS KILL BANQUO BUT FLEANCE ESCAPES
ONE MURDERER TURNED OFF LIGHTS
ACT THREE, SCENE FOUR
MURDERER GIVES MACBETH BAD NEWS ABOUT FLEANCE
MACBETH REALIZES HE STILL HAS A THREAT
BANQUO’S GHOST STEALS MACBETH’S SEAT
ONLY MACBETH CAN SEE IT
LADY MACBETH TRIES TO GET MACBETH FOCUSED
INSULTS HIM AS NOT A MAN
EVENTUALLY SENDS EVERYONE AWAY
MACBETH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT MACDUFF IS A CONCERN
CHOOSES TO VISIT WITCHES FIRST FOR MORE ANSWERS
ACT THREE, SCENE FIVE
LENNOX IS UPSET AT MACBETH; REPRESENTS ALL NOBILITY
SPEECH IS SARCASTIC
PEOPLE KEEP DYING AT MACBETH’S CASTLE
MACBETH KILLED GUARDS; DIDN’T GET THEIR STORY
OBVIOUS AFTER BANQUET WHAT MACBETH DID
MACDUFF IS HOPE; GATHERING ARMY
MACDUFF ALSO HAS DUNCAN’S SON, MALCOM
ACT FOUR, SCENE ONE
MACBETH VISITS THREE WITCHES
FIRST VISION (HEAD WITH ARMOR) WARNS OF MACDUFF
SECOND VISION (BLOODY CHILD) MACBETH CAN’T BE HARMED BY A MAN
THIRD VISION (CHILD CROWNED) MACBETH WILL BE DEFEATED
FOURTH VISION (EIGHT KINGS) BANQUO’S ROYAL LINE
MACBETH TOLD OF MACDUFF; REGRETS SEEING WITCHES
MACBETH WILL KILL MACDUFF’S FAMILY
ACT FOUR, SCENE TWO
LADY MACDUFF UPSET MACDUFF JUST TOOK OFF
ROSS TRIES TO PROTECT MACDUFF, BUT CAN’T BE HONEST
LADY MACDUFF TELLS HER SON MACDUFF IS DEAD
SON DOESN’T BELIEVE HER; CHALLENGES HER
MURDERERS COME IN AND MASSACRE EVERYONE
ACT FOUR, SCENE THREE
MALCOM AND MACDUFF MEET
MALCOLM CAN’T TRUST MACDUFF, BUT WILL HEAR HIM OUT
MALCOLM SAYS HE WILL RAPE AND STEAL AS KING
MACDUFF REELS; TRIES TO GET HIM ON BOARD ANYWAY
MALCOLM WAS LYING; TRYING TO TEST MACDUFF
MALCOLM IS READY TO FIGHT
KING EDWARD TAKES CARE OF SICK PEOPLE
CONTRAST WITH MADMAN MACBETH
ROSS REPORTS OF HORRIBLE CONDITIONS IN SCOTLAND
MUCH DEATH
PEOPLE READY TO REVOLT AGAINST MACBETH
AFTER AT FIRST LYING, ROSS TELLS MACDUFF ABOUT HIS MURDERED FAMILY
MALCOLM HELPS MACDUFF FOCUS ON REVENGE
ACT FIVE, SCENE ONE
LADY MACBETH STARTING TO CRACK UNDER THE PRESSURE
SLEEPWALKING
TALKS ABOUT BLOOD AND HOW SHE CAN’T WASH IT OFF HER HANDS
DOCTOR CAN’T HELP HER
ACT FIVE, SCENE TWO
MACDUFF’S ARMY HAS MOMENTUM; ALL ARE JOINING
EVEN CHILDREN
MACBETH GETS NO LOYALTY
HE’S TOO EVIL
ACT FIVE, SCENE THREE
MACBETH OBSESSED WITH WITCH’S PREDICTIONS
MACBETH NASTY IN GENERAL
COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF LOYALTY HE SEES
MACBETH READY TO FIGHT TO DEATH EVEN NO ONE IS READY
MACBETH LEARNS ABOUT LADY MACBETH’S ISSUES
MACBETH ASKS DOCTOR TO CURE SCOTLAND OF LOYALTY ISSUES
ACT FIVE, SCENE FOUR
MALCOLM TELLS SOLDIERS TO CUT BRANCHES OF BIRNHAM FOREST
SOLDIERS HARDER TO SEE AS THEY ADVANCE ON MACBETH
MACBETH WAITING AT HIS CASTLE
HARDER FOR SOLDIERS TO DESERT
ACT FIVE, SCENE FIVE
MACBETH HOPES CASTLE TURNS AWAY ARMY
MACBETH FINDS OUT LADY MACBETH KILLED HERSELF
MACBETH WISHES SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED LONGER
TALKS OF INEVITABILITY OF DEATH
MESSENGER WARNS OF APPROACHING FOREST
VISION’S PREDICTION COMING TRUE
ACT FIVE, SCENE SIX
MALCOLM’S ARMY REVEALS ITSELF IN FRONT OF CASTLE
ACT FIVE, SCENE SEVEN
YOUNG SIWARD COMES ACROSS MACBETH
MACBETH KILLS HIM
MACDUFF JUST MISSES MACBETH
MACDUFF VOWS TO KILL MACBETH HIMSELF
MACDUFF WON’T KILL MACBETH’S SOLDIERS
THEY AREN’T LOYAL TO MACBETH
ACT FIVE, SCENE EIGHT
MACDUFF AND MACBETH FIGHT
MACDUFF HAD ODD BIRTH; REMOVED FROM WOMB
VISION’S PREDICTION COMES TRUE
MACDUFF AND MACBETH EXIT FIGHTING
MACDUFF RETURNS WITH MACBETH’S HEAD
RESPONSE #1: IT’S DYING TIME
1)EXPLAIN MACBETH’S RELATIONSHIP WITH LADY MACBETH.
2)GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF MACBETH’S STATE OF MIND IN THE MARCH TO MURDER.
3)EXPLAIN THREE SUPERNATURAL EVENTS THAT MAY HAVE PREDICTED DUNCAN’S DEATH.
4)WHO IS LINING UP TO BE AGAINST MACBETH? WHY?
5)EXPLAIN TWO EXAMPLES OF FORESHADOWING SO FAR.
SETTING: MIDDLE AGES IN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND
PROTAGONIST: MACBETH
INTERNAL CONFLICT: MACBETH’S STRUGGLE BETWEEN AMBITION AND WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: BANQUO, MALCOLM, MACDUFF
FORESHADOWING: WITCHES’ PREDICTIONS
MACBETH’S CRUELTY ON BATTLEFIELD
BANQUO AND MACDUFF COMMENTS ON MACBETH
IRONY: MACBETH MURDERS THE GUARDS
MALCOLM’S TEST FOR MACDUFF
LADY MACBETH CRACKS OVER BLOOD ON HER HANDS
THEME: CORRUPTING NATURE OF BLIND AMBITION
TYRANNY VS KINGSHIP