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Macbeth Act 1 Scene summaries
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- 1Act 1 Scene 1- sets ominous mood, through the use of pathetic fallacy, which permeates throught the rest of the play
- importantant as begins with 3 witches - highly relevant to era and contemporary audience - King James
- hear macbeth before see him - 2Act 1 Scene 2- captain describes macbeths heroic fighting to Duncan
- Ross tells about victory against norwegians and how Thane of Cawdor betrayed them
- Duncan orders death sentence for Cawdor thane and gives this title to Macbeth - 3Act 1 Scene 3- audience meets mac
- mac meets 3 witches who reveal three prophecies to him
- Banquo asks for his fate and they say his descendants will be kings
- soon mac finds from ross and angus that he is thane of cawdor
- shocked, considering 3rd fate - 4Act 1 Scene 4- mac and king meet, king thanks mac for his part in victory
- mac modestly says he was only doing his duty
- king names malcolm as succesor and invites himself to mac's castle
- mac is jealous and has dark thoughts about wanting to be king - 5Act 1 Scene 5- Lady m receives letter informs of prophecies and knows mac has ambition but wont fulfill predictions
- hears of King's coming, calls evil spirits to make her ruthless
- Mac arrives, tells him be duplicitous and put on a facard and leave rest to her - 6Act 1 Scene 6Duncan and his retinue arrive at Inverness, and he is greeted warmly by Lady Macbeth. Duncan is full of compliments for Mac and Lady M
- 7Act 1 Scene 7Macbeth is outside banqueting hall and has his solilioquy. Thinks over decision of killing Duncan. Lady m arrives and persuades him to by questioning his manliness
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- Year 10 English Flashcards on Macbeth Act 1 Scene summaries, created by Janki S on 10/06/2017.
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