2. Scene 1:
A battle is currently being fought in Scotland. The three Witches are
waiting to meet with Macbeth.
Scene 2:
King Duncan has been notified
that the Thane of Cawdor has led
an uprising. He will be executed
later.
King Duncan plans to promote
Macbeth to Thane of Cawdor.
3. Scene 3:
Macbeth and Banquo, his military
companion, meet the three Witches
before he found out about the promotion
to Thane of Cawdor.
The three Witches tell Macbeth the prophecy
about becoming Thane of Cawdor, Thane of
Glamis, and King of Scotland.
Banquo was told that he will not be king,
but he will establish a Scottish dynasty later on.
After the three Witches leave, Macbeth was told that he has became Thane of
Cawdor.
Scene 4:
Macbeth invites King Duncan and his wife to his castle.
Macbeth goes home to alert his servants about the
visitors and thinks about how to get the throne.
4. Scene 5:
Lady Macbeth reads a letter from Macbeth
about his promotion and the Witches’
prophecies.
She thinks that he lacks ambition to take
the Scottish throne and plans a murder.
Macbeth is a bit hesitant about carrying on
an assassination because Duncan has just
promoted him and complimented him.
Macbeth leaves the details to Lady Macbeth.
Scene 6:
Lady Macbeth welcomes King Duncan to the castle.
Duncan praises Inverness Castle for a pleasant atmosphere.
5. Scene 7:
In private, Lady Macbeth tries to persuade Macbeth into killing King
Duncan.
Macbeth feels hesitant and doesn’t want to kill Duncan because he was
just promoted.
Lady Macbeth pushes him to continue with the assassination and he
agrees to do it in the end.
6. Scene 1:
Macbeth and Banquo talk with each other about the Witches’ prediction.
Banquo is too honest to behave dishonourably to achieve his prophecy.
Macbeth is hallucinating about the murder he is about to commit.
Scene 2:
Lady Macbeth drugs Duncan’s guards and signals Macbeth to go in.
Macbeth slips into the room and stabs the King.
He feels guilty about killing Duncan and
returns to his room with the dagger still in
his hand.
Lady Macbeth scolds him for coming back
with the dagger which is evidence.
She returns the dagger to Duncan’s room
and frames guards with dagger.
They wash off all the evidence from their
hands and then falls asleep.
7. Scene 3:
Macduff and Lenox enters the castle.
Macduff goes into the Duncan’s room finds the king dead.
The report that there was a murder spreads and panic is everywhere.
Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, the King’s sons (Donaldbain and Malcolm), and
Macduff meet up with each other.
As though in anger, Macbeth kills the guards and Lady Macbeth pretends
to faint.
The two Princes run away in fear that they will be the next assassination
victims
Scene 4:
Macduff announces that Donaldbain
and Malcolm are accused of the murder.
Macbeth is crowned king.
8. Scene 1:
Banquo suspects that Macbeth has killed
Duncan.
Banquo and his son, Fleance, go horseback
riding before the state dinner.
Macbeth does not want Banquo’s prophecy
to come true so he talks with the assassins
to plan a murder of Banquo and Fleance while
they are out.
Macbeth persuades the assassins by blaming
Banquo for Scotland’s problems and they agree.
Scene 2:
Macbeth talks with his wife about the current situation.
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to calm down because he is very stressed out.
Macbeth is worried and wants Banquo and Fleance dead first before he can relax.
9. Scene 3:
A third member decides to join in on the murder.
After they ambushed Banquo, they murder him.
However, Fleance manages to run off.
The assassins return to the castle to report to the
king (Macbeth).
Scene 4:
Assassins come back and report to Macbeth that
the mission is only half accomplished.
Macbeth hallucinates that Banquo’s ghost is
sitting on his throne.
Guests are startled by Macbeth’s outbreak, but
Lady Macbeth calms the crowd by saying that it is
a reoccurring issue.
Banquet ends after Macbeth’s second out break
and Lady Macbeth dismisses everyone.
Macbeth wants to know more about the
witches, but his wife tells him to sleep
10. Scene 5:
Hecate is disappointed with the
witches because they were not
supposed to tell Macbeth about his
prophecy.
They plan to cast a bad spell on him
that will lead him to his doom.
Scene 6:
Lennox talks to another noble about
Macbeth and the murder of Duncan.
They seem like they are talking highly of Macbeth, but they are actually
talking bad about him.
They talk about how Macbeth is a tyrant and that the English will revolt
against him.
