MacBeth 1st Degree Murder
• Committed the murder himself
– Pg. 45, Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 92-95
• 8 counts of murder, 1 count of attempted murder
– Pg. 67 Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 124-127
• Ambition is Greater than Morality
– Pg. 127 Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 165-179
• Planning the murder of Banquo
– Pg. 81, Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 53-75
• Thinking of killing MacDuff
– Pg. 121, Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 93-95
MacBeth 2nd Degree Murder
• Remorse
– Pg. 67 Act 2, Scene 3,Lines 103-108
• Questioning Macbeth's manhood
– Pg. 43 Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 56-62
• Lady Mac. Helps with murder
– Pg. 73 Act 2, Scene 2 Lines 72-77
• Lady Macbeth plans the murder
– Pg. 37 Act 1, Scene 5, lines 83-85
• Macbeth wasn’t going to do it
– Pg. 43 Act 1, Scene 7, lines 54-59
MacBeth Innocent by Insanity
• Immediate guilt
– Pg. 57 Act 2,Scene 2, Lines 51-52
• Hallucination starts
– Pg. 51 Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 42-43
– Pg. 55 Act 2, Scene 1, lines 42-47
• Hallucination becomes worse
– Pg. 105 Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 127-129
• Paranoia
– Pg 81. Act 3, Scene 1, lines 52-76
• Depression
– Pg. 171 Act 5, Scene 5, Lines 19-30
Lady MacBeth 1st Degree Murder
• Says how Duncan is not going to live another day.
– Pg. 35 Act 1, Scene 5 Lines 70-71
• Calls Macbeth a girl
– Pg. 43 Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 48-50
• She feels no remorse after putting the daggers back
– Pg 57 Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 75-78
• Idea to murder Duncan
– Pg 45 Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 73-80
• Convinced Macbeth to do it
– Pg 43 Act 1, Scene 7, lines 46-50
• Planted evidence on guards
– Pg. 57 Act 2, Scene 2, lines 66-68 & 73-75
Lady MacBeth 2nd Degree Murder
• Not the main culprit in all the murders after
duncan.
– Pg. 91, Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 51-52
• Shows that she would have never thought it
would feel this bad later
– Pg. 155 ,Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 37-39
• She never forced him to kill Duncan which puts
her as not the main culprit.
– Pg.45 ,Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 92-95
• Feels guilty
– Pg 155, Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 34-39
Lady MacBeth Innocent by Insanity
• Wants to have the attributes of a man
– Pg. 35 Act 1, Scene 5 Lines 44-60
• Sleep Walking
– Pg. 155, Act 5, Scene 1, Line 34
– Pg. 157, Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 60-62
• Threatens to kill her child if acted like
Macbeth
– Pg 43 Act 1, Scene 7, lines 62-67