Malcolm suspects that Macduff is…. Reports are brought to Macbeth of the Scottish and English forces massed against him. Malcolm orders each soldier to cut down and carry…. On the battlefield Macbeth kills young Siward, the son of the English commander.
After Macbeth exits, Macduff arrives in search…. You can get your own copy of this text to keep. Download it to get the same great text as on this site, or purchase a full copy to get the text, plus explanatory notes, illustrations, and more. Contents Characters in the Play. Entire Play Macbeth, set primarily in Scotland, mixes witchcraft, prophecy, and murder. Act 1, scene 1 Three witches plan to meet Macbeth. Act 1, scene 2 Duncan, king of Scotland, hears an account of the success in battle of his noblemen Macbeth and Banquo.
Act 1, scene 4 Duncan demands and receives assurances that the former thane of Cawdor has been executed. Act 1, scene 6 Duncan and his attendants arrive at Inverness. Lady Macbeth welcomes them. Act 1, scene 7 Macbeth contemplates the reasons why it is a terrible thing to kill Duncan.
Act 2, scene 2 Lady Macbeth waits anxiously for Macbeth to return from killing Duncan. Act 2, scene 3 A drunken porter, answering the knocking at the gate, plays the role of a devil-porter at the gates of hell….
Act 2, scene 4 An old man and Ross exchange accounts of recent unnatural happenings. Act 3, scene 1 Banquo suspects that Macbeth killed Duncan in order to become king. Read the Summary Read the Summary of Act 1, scenes 1—4.
Popular pages: Macbeth. Take a Study Break. Original Text. Modern Text. ROSS 90 The king hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success, and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebels' fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his.
Silenced with that, 95 In viewing o'er the rest o' the selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make, Strange images of death. He reports that the rebel Macdonald was faring well before Macbeth, a Scottish Captain, fought and beheaded him. While the Captain is taken off for medical help, two thanes enter — Ross and Angus — and announce that Macbeth has also conquered the Norwegian army, including the Thane of Cawdor, a traitor.
Banquo, they promise, will father kings but will never be one himself. Macbeth begs them to speak further, but the three figures melt into air. Macbeth begins to imagine the murderous act he would have to commit if he is to become King. Macbeth and Banquo are heartily thanked for their victories on the battlefield. Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband that describes his encounter with the witches and his new title.
She worries that he is too kind to murder Duncan and decides to persuade him in person. Lady Macbeth calls upon spirits for strength to carry out the murder. Her husband enters and she tries to convince him of their cause. Duncan asks to meet with Macbeth. Macbeth leaves the evening banquet to consider his options: having been set on committing murdering Duncan, he now grows less certain. He tells his wife about his change of heart, but she persuades him back into their murderous plot.
Later that evening, Macbeth meets with Banquo and his son, Fleance. Banquo tells of how he dreamt of the witches, but Macbeth lies that he has not given them much thought. After his guests exit, Macbeth sees an imaginary dagger hovering in the air. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth meet in the darkness of the castle. Macbeth, with the daggers in hand, announces he has murdered Duncan. It is the noblemen Macduff and Lenox who have arrived to call upon the King.
Macduff goes to wake Duncan and re-enters horrified, raising the alarm for his murder.
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