Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Plot Summary

   • Macbeth meets the Witches
     • Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth
       • Macbeth kills Duncan and becomes King
         • Macbeth has Banquo killed
           • More predictions from the Witches
             • Macduff swears revenge
               • Lady Macbeth suffers guilt and commits suicide
                 • Macduff defeats Macbeth and becomes King

2. Characters

   • Main characters
     • Macbeth
       • Lay Macbeth
   • Secondary characters
     • Banquo - army General and Macbeths best friend
       • Macduff - the Thane of Fife
         • The Witches - "the Weird Sisters"
   • Minor characters
     • Duncan
       • Malcolm
         • Donalbain
           • Fleance (Banquo's son)
             • Seyton (Macbeths servant)
               • Lady Macduff
                 • The porter
                   • Hecate (Goddess of witchcraft)

3. Themes

   • Ambition and power
     • the fatal flaw - Defect in someones character
       • leadership
         • greed
   • Evil and the supernatural
     • Wicked thoughts and actions
       • the activities of the witches
         • the disruption of nature
   • Appearance and reality
     • euphemisms hide reality
       • contrasts - nothing is as it should be
         • seeing things
           • sleep and dreams
             • fake hospitality