![]() He comes running in and tells Macbeth and Lady Macbeth of the horrid death. Macduff is one of the many citizens horrified by the death of Duncan. Malcolm and Donalbain, realizing they’re in danger, decide to flee. Macbeth kills the two guards and Macduff seems suspicious of this. Macduff arrives and discovers the King’s death. Doing erratic things (like bringing the weapon back home), and struggling to come to terms with the crime he has committed.īlood is on his hand, despite his wife’s belief ‘little water will clear us of this deed’ But we see there is still some empathy in her when she states ‘Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done‘ t. She plants it so the guards will be blamed for the king’s death. She gets angry that Macbeth would come back with the incriminating evidence. Lady Macbeth is rapidly becoming more organized and calm about the murder. She takes them and plants them on the guards whom she’s already drugged. Lady Macbeth comforts him but then tells him off for bringing the daggers back. Macbeth returns from killing the King, feeling guilty. Visions used to show Macbeth’s guilt for what he is planning to do. Macbeth uses his vision, and the prophecy he heard to justify the cost of murder. Using the prophecy to justify his gruesome thoughts.įate and free will. ![]() Believing in the visions of the sword he sees. Convincing Banquo to stay with him despite his own morals. Macbeth goes as far as to test Banquo’s trust in the statement ‘If you shall cleave to my consent, when ‘tis, it shall make honor for you’. In the resolution, Malcolm is crowned the King of Scotland and peace is restored.Macbeth hallucinates, seeing a dagger in front of him.īanquo and Macbeth grow more fearful and suspicious of each other. The falling action consists of the fight between Macbeth and Macduff, both bitter rivals, and Macbeth being beheaded by Macduff. ![]() Malcolm’s army approaching the castle and the battle (when Dunsinane is sieged) is the climax of the story. Soon after, Lady Macbeth dies of guilt and the English Army, joined by the vengeful Macduff, storm Macbeth’s castle. Upon hearing this, Macbeth sends assassins to murder Macduff and his family. They warn him to beware the thane Macduff and prophesize that none of woman born shall harm Macbeth” and he will not be conquered until Birnam Wood, a forest, moves to Dunsinane, his castle. After hearing the news, Macbeth starts to experience guilt-induced hallucinations and visits the witches for help. Macbeth orders an assassination of Banquo and his son Fleance to prevent Fleance from becoming king and jeopardizing his claim on the throne. In the rising action, Macbeth, fighting against his conscience, kills King Duncan to seize the crown. This causes a series of events that make up the plot of Macbeth. Fighting his conscience, he devises an evil plot to seize the position. After the first part of the prophecy is fulfilled, the new Thane of Cawdor is certain that he will be king. Macbeth, the war hero of Scotland, meets three witches on a heath and receives a prophecy that he will become Thane of Cawdor, then king. This causes a series of events that make up t he plot of Macbeth. Macbeth, the war hero of Scotland, meets three witches on a heath and receives a prophecy that he will become Thane of Cawdor and king. Setting: 11th century Scotland Mood: suspicious, sinister, foreboding,, Characters: three witches, Macbeth, Banquo, King Duncan, Lady Macbeth Characterization: Genre: tragedy, classic, drama
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