Macbeth Act 1-3 - Presentation

Table of Contents

1 –Title page 8 –Malcolm 2 –Table of Contents 9 –Duncan 3 –Macbeth 10 –Description Act 1-3 4 –Lady Macbeth 11 –Work Cited 5 –Banquo6 –Witches7 –Ross and Angus

Macbeth• Known as warrior in play that has won honour from the king because of

his fights battlefield• When Macbeth is talking to the witches he asks them questions of the

titles and how he will become king• Macbeth is frustrated when he finds out that King Duncan wants to pass

the kingdom to his son Malcolm• In Act 2 Macbeth talks to him self trying to make himself stronger in order

for him to kill• Scene 2 is where he comes to his wife after killing King Duncan

• Macbeth has killed Banquo because witches had said that when he is crowned they might try to kill him and during Act 3 Macbeth is crowned but during the dinner he questions himself of what he’s done loosing his mind and then sees his friend Banquo also when this is happening

Lady Macbeth

• In this play Lady Macbeth is the one who encourages Macbeth into killing King Duncan at their own house

• Lady Macbeth goes from being a cold blooded cruel woman to being a nervous, scared, sad and suicidal woman because of her husbands actions which frightens her even after she was the one who really forced him into it

• She wants Macbeth to have more because of Macbeth’s title Thane of Cawdor shows she's selfish that she wants more

Banquo

• In this play when Banquo goes to meet the witches they talk more about Macbeth but after start to say that he is about equal

• In this play Banquo more of kind person who gets killed by Macbeth who prays to evil spirits because of he has learned from the witches

• During the scene of the dinner Banquo is shown to Macbeth as a ghost

Witches

• Hecate was the leader of the witches there are many different possibilities of names from different versions of the play but these are the other for the other witches: Stadin, Hoppo, Puckle, Hellwain, Ursula, Glenda and Medea

• They show in the first act telling Macbeth and Banquo about their future but they told Macbeth that when he is crowned that Banquo might try killing him

Ross & Angus

• Ross and Angus in this play are Banquo’s sons who are supposed to be the children who will be crowned told by the witches

• Banquo tells Macbeth that not true what witches told him but once finds out talks to his sons about it

• Macbeth murders Banquo’s family including his sons after he is driven to it

Malcolm

• In this play Malcolm is the King Duncan’s son who he wants to give his throne to

• They get murdered because of Macbeth’s rage to get his spot as the king

Duncan

• Duncan is the one who announces what has happened to Thane of Cawdor and insists on giving the title to Macbeth

• Duncan is murdered by Macbeth in Macbeth’s house because he was the king

Act 1-3 Description

• Starting scenes is when Banquo and Macbeth meet witches learn about becoming kings

• Then after Macbeth fins out about Banquo and talks to him and then murders his family

• Act 2 Macbeth tries to convince himself into killing King Duncan at his home and then after does then goes to his wife

• The heirs were worried that they'd either be blamed for their father's death or that the murderer would come after them next for being the ones next in line for the throne

• In act 3 he is crowned then thinks to himself as a king of what he's done and then after at the dinner he starts to loose his mind, about his killings and starts seeing a ghost who was Banquo

Work Cited

• http://actorsshakespeare.blogspot.ca/2012_03_01_archive.html

• http://chelciejolene.wordpress.com/• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/engli

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