MACBETH

MACBETH

1. act 1

   • scene 1: Witches
     • thunder and lighting
     • ' Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair
   • scene 2: report on the fight, Macbeth is made Thane of Cardow
     • ' Brave Macbeth'
       • first told that he is brave. throughout that play he is brave
     • 'Lost' and 'Won'
       • lost adn won mirror the witches in the first scene
   • scene 3 : Macbeth and Banquo meet the Witches, Macbeth is told that he is Thane of Cawdor, there are lots of refernces to FAIR IS FOUL
     • 'So foul and fair a day I have not seen'
       • shows how Macbeth is already linked to the Witches, DRAMATIC IRONY
     • ' Hail to thee, Than of Glameis!', 'Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!', ' Hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter!'
       • Witches prophecies, DRAMATIC IRONY: the second one has already come true. The prophecy to Banquo will hornt Macbeth throughout the whole play is the reason why Macbeth kills him.
         • 'thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none.
     • 'whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make seated heart knock at my ribs
       • first time Macbeth has thoughts about killing Duncan ( good King) and is shocked by the thought.
   • scene 4: Duncan names his air The Priince of Cumberland
     • 'The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap'
   • scene 5: we meet Lady Macbeth and Duncan's murder is planed
     • ' My dearest partner of greatness'
       • show Macbeth's love for her and show that he thinks of them as = ( this is very unusual)
     • 'Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised'
       • the first of her own words, say that Macbeth is going to be King no matter what it takes
     • 'He brings great news'
       • she is already plotting how they are going to kill Duncan
     • 'unsex me here'
       • calls on the witches to remove any feminine trates
     • 'Smoke of hell'
       • she calls on all smoke of hell to cover the earth so that heavan can't see the murder of Duncan
     • 'great clamis, worthy Cawdor, greated than both by the all-hail here after
       • shows that she is concented to the witches because her words are echoes the witches
     • 'O never shell sun that morrow see'
       • Duncan is going to die tonight, her ambition
     • 'leave all the rest to me.'
       • she is in control and it is her plan that they are going to carry out together
   • scene 6: Duncen has come to stay, he is lovely, good, honest.
     • 'honoured hostess'
       • how stupid could Duncan be Lady Macbeth is going to kill you, DRAMATIC IRONY
     • ' by your leave, hostes'
       • Duncan treats her like eualls
   • scene 7: Macbeth has scond throughts about killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth loss it with him and makes him do it. by the end they are going to kill Duncan
     • can't bring himself to sayb the word 'MURDER' throughout the whole scene
     • ' Will plead like angels'
       • Duncan haves so many good quolaties
     • 'We will proceed no further in this business'
       • Macbeth is no longer going to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth should look like thunder at these words as he is no longer lisserning to her
     • she is so mad that she gains all the power back by fairing question after question at him. she also questions how much of a man he is
     • 'False face must hide what the false heart doth know'

2. act 2

   • scene 1: Macbeth metes Banquo and son Fleance on his way to kill Duncan. Has a vition os a dagger.
     • ' Is this a dagger I see before me.'
       • many people think that the the dagger is made by the witches
     • throughout his speach he personifis the night, murders and ghosts.
     • 'Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell'
   • scene 2 : Macbeth has killed Duncan and overcome with guilt. Lady Macbeth is still in control
     • M: ' this is a sorry sight' LM: ' a foolish thought to say a sorry sight.
       • Lady Macbeth is telling him to pull himself together
     • ' Hangman's hands'
     • repitition of 'Sleep on more'
       • at the time people believed that if you did sin you would not sleep
     • ' will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hands?'
       • there is so much blood that it will make and ocean red
     • 'a little water clears us of the deed
       • DRAMATIC IRONY, she is the one that goes mad thinking that there is blood on her hands
   • scene 3: Duncan's body is found, Macbeth is a contrast to all the other charactors on stage and nearly gives it all away but Lady Macbeth saves the day
     • 'Twas a rough night
       • land knows that Duncan is dead and it is not happy
     • Macbeth's grief is false as his language is to poetic for someone in shock.
     • 'there are daggers in men's smiles'
       • reality and appearance
   • scene 4: sums up what has happened and talks about the weather, also say that Macbeth has been made king .

3. act 3

   • scene 1: Macbeth is know king and Banquo is starting to supect him for killing the king and Macbeth knows it . this scene is also used to remind the audince that Banquo's sons will be king . Macbeth plans Banquo's death.
     • 'Thou play'dst most foully for't'
       • Banquo knows that Macbeth has killed Duncan and dose
     • Macbeth questioned Banquo about his plans for that evening and ask if he and Fleance are going riding
       • 'Goes Fleance with you?'
     • Macbeth treats the murders like Lady Macbeth tearted him in act 1 scene 7
     • 'Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight'
   • scene 2: Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, we see how their relationship has changed.
     • Lady Macbeth is now scared of Macbeth.
       • Macbeth on longer needs her to help him
     • both of them are not sleeping properly
       • 'terrible dreams that shake me nightly
   • scene 3: Banquo if killed and Fleance escapes.
   • scene 4: Macbeth is holding a feast, first macbeth finds out that Banquo is dead and Fleance escaped. Macbeth is terrified by Banquo's ghost
     • 'humble' this ironic as Macbeth is anything but humble