Macbeth

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Macbeth
Act 1
Scene 1
The witches want to meet with Macbeth
________________: wide open hill
__________________ – 1st witch helper – gray cat
__________________ – 2nd witch helper – toad
Killed __________________ by slicing him in half
Scene 2
__________________: Scottish title of nobility
Duncan wants to make Macbeth the new Thane of
_________________
Scene 3
Witches talking about things they have done
Themes in the play: murder, sleeplessness, supernatural
Witches look like men
What are the three predictions?
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Banquo wants to know his predictions. What are they?
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Banquo thinks they must have hallucinated
Ross tells Macbeth that he is the new Thane
Scene 4
______________: character speaking to the audience
Macbeth shares that he has thought about murdering
Duncan, hopes fate will make him king.
Scene 5
Macbeth’s castle: ____________________
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth – mutual respect, open with each other,
she is also ambitious
How does Lady Macbeth react to the letter?
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“Yet I do fear thy nature: it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness
to catch the nearest way.”
Also has murderous thoughts
She is going to tell Macbeth what to do
“unsex me here…” lose feminine characteristics gentleness/kindness
(men have an easier time being cruel)
Lady Macbeth wants to kill Duncan tonight but Macbeth is unsure
Scene 6
King Duncan comments on the castle’s beauty
____________ because he will die there
Scene 7
Macbeth’s ________________: should I kill him or
not?
Let’s do a close read of his speech on page 58.
Lady Macbeth calls him a coward attacking his
manhood “Then you were a man you said you would
do it. You promised me. You are not a man.”
What is the plan?
Macbeth is dreading the crime “terrible feat”
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