Macbeth Revision By Kiera Gray

Macbeth Revision By Kiera Gray

1. Macbeth is a supernatural play by William Shakespere

   • King James was related to Banquo and the play quoted "Banquo's children will be Kings and Queens
     • The scene starts as the witches meeting up and talking about Macbeth and saying "Fair is Foul and Foul is fair
       • Key words from scence 1 act 1 hurlyburly ere heath anon.
         • The three witches are a supernatural thing because they do not really exist they are just a belief.
           • The witches meet up in bad or foul weather like rain, thunder and lightning.
             • Exeunt means all leave (this is the end of act one scene 1)
   • Act 1 scene 1

2. Macbeths confusion act 1 scene 3

   • It starts of as the witches meeting up and witch 1 has been killing swine (Pigs)
     • The witches profisise that Macbeth will be King and so will Banquo's Children.
       • Macbeth quotes "So foul and fair day I have not seen
         • Macbeth says "Speak if you can- What are you
           • The witches call Macbeth Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and King hereafter
             • Lesser than Macbeth but Greater, Not so happy yet much happier, So all hail Macbeth and Banquo
               • Macbeth and Banquo end the scene by talking about being kings in the near future.

3. Act two scene 1 The Dagger

   • This is the scene where Macbeth goesto kill Duncan to gain the throne. He sees a dagger and says a silioquy
     • Is this a dagger I see before me The handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not- and yet i see thee still! Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible. To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heart-oppressed brain? I see thee yet! in form palpable. As this which now i draw. Thou Marshall'st me the way i was going- and such insturment I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, or eles worth all the rest. I see thee