1. Macbeth Act 1-3
Presentation
Vanessa Tam

2. The play starts off with three mysterious
witches who plan to meet again to see
Macbeth
Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis and a well
respected knight of the King of Scotland
(Duncan)
Banquo is a knight of the King Duncan and
friend of Macbeth
Macbeth and Banquo hear about the
prophecies from the witches on the way
back from battle
Macbeth learns that he will become Thane
of Cawdor and King of Scotland
The witches’ prophecy starts Macbeth
thinking of murdering King Duncan to
become the King of Scotland
Act 1: Witches, Macbeth and Banquo
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The three mysterious witches
Macbeth
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3. Lady Macbeth is wife of Macbeth
She influences Macbeth a lot to
kill Duncan
Lady Macbeth reads
Macbeth’s letter
She wonders if he is cruel
enough to kill King Duncan by
himself
She also learns that King
Duncan is visiting her castle
(“perfect timing” for Macbeth
to murder)
Act 1 : Lady Macbeth
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4. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to
act normally when their guests
arrive at the castle
Macbeth backs out of the plan
because he is not ready to kill
Lady Macbeth gets angry and
pressures him
Macbeth agrees to go kill King
Duncan
Act 1-Planning Out the Murder
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5. When Macbeth goes to see
Duncan, he sees a dagger.
He does not know if it is his
hallucination
However, Macbeth goes to do
his murder.
Act 2- The Murder
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6. Lady Macbeth is waiting for
Macbeth to return from his
murder.
Macbeth is freaked out from the
murder scene and takes the
bloody dagger with him.
Lady Macbeth has to clean up
after Macbeth.
Act 2- The Wait
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7. The murder of King Duncan is discovered.
Macbeth’s servants are accused of killing
King Duncan.
Macbeth kills the servants and says he was
angry that they killed the king.
MacDuff is a Scottish noble and suspicious
when Macbeth kills body guards
Malcolm and Donalbain are the sons of
the king and they decide to flee because
they feel like they are in danger
Act 2-The Discovery
Discovery of the dead body of King Duncan
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Malcolm and Donalbain decide
to flee
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8. Ross is a Scottish noble
Ross is talking to an old man
about supernatural events that
happened during the night of
the murder like Duncan’s
horses trying to eat each other
MacDuff shows up and says he
is going back to his castle
Macbeth is going be crowned
King of Scotland
Act 2: Aftermath of the Murder
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9. Macbeth is thinking about the witches’
prophecy that Banquo’s descendants
will become king
In an aside, Macbeth reveals he does
not want Banquo’s children to be king.
Macbeth meets with some murderers
to arrange for the killing of Banquo and
Fleance (his son).
Macbeth tells the murderers that
Banquo is their enemy and his own as
well.
Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes
Act 3: Plans to Kill Banquo and
Fleance
Banquo is killed.
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10. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have a
big banquet for all the Lords
Macbeth thinks he sees Banquo’s
ghost sitting in his chair and starts
talking to it
The other lords are suspicious of
Macbeth’s weird actions
Lady Macbeth asks all the lords to
go home and reassures them that
Macbeth is just stressed out
Act 3: The Banquet
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11. Macbeth tells his wife that he
is haunted by bad dreams
He says he will go ask the
witches for more predictions
so he can know in advance
what will happen next.
Act 3: Macbeth and Stress
Macbeth asking the witches.
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