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  1. Macbeth Summary. Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia. Civil war erupts to overthrow Macbeth, resulting in more death. Read our Macbeth Character Summaries; More detail: 2 minute read. Act I

  2. Macbeth Full Play Summary. The play begins with the brief appearance of a trio of witches and then moves to a military camp, where the Scottish King Duncan hears the news that his generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have defeated two separate invading armies—one from Ireland, led by the rebel Macdonwald, and one from Norway.

    • In the very first scene of the play, we are introduced to three mischievous witches. Macbeth is reported as being a brave and noble warrior; he has just killed a traitor in battle, showing his loyalty to King Duncan.
    • Macbeth sees his first hallucination – a bloody dagger – after seeing Banquo and Fleance in the castle courtyard. A shaken and mentally unstable Macbeth returns to Lady Macbeth with the murder weapons: two daggers covered in blood (the murder of Duncan takes place off-stage)
    • Banquo begins to suspect Macbeth of the murder of Duncan. Macbeth hires assassins to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance manages to escape.
    • In desperation, and increasingly mentally unstable, Macbeth returns to the witches for reassurance. They offer him three new prophecies: to “beware Macduff”; that “no man of woman born” can kill him; and that he won’t be defeated unless Birnam Wood starts marching on his castle.
  3. Summary. Three Witches tell Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, that he is to be made Thane of Cawdor and will be King. They also tell Macbeth’s friend, Banquo, that he will sire kings, although he will never be King himself.

  4. 2 days ago · Summary of the play… At its core, Macbeth is about the story of a Scottish nobleman, Macbeth, whose ultimate ambition to become King drives him to commit murder against the reigning monarch and seize the throne. Initially spurred on by a prophecy from three witches, and through the manipulation of his wife, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth murders King ...

  5. Macbeth by William Shakespeare tells the story of one man's violent rise to a position of power as king of his country and of his even more violent...

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  7. Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains disturbing and unusual events, including the murder of a king, witchcraft and ghosts.

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