"From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand." In other words, the first thing he thinks of doing will be the first thing he does. Or in different other words, he will act solely on impulse, without any consideration.
The murder takes place offstage, after the end of Act II Scene I but before Macbeth re-enters near the beginning of Scene II. If the action is viewed as being continuous, it must be while Lady M is saying "That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold."
This must be Act I scene 4 that we are talking about. The king has just announced that the party is at Macbeth's place, and so everyone is headed to Inverness.
At the end of Act 3, Scene 3 of Othello, Othello decides to give orders to Iago to kill Cassio
At various times in the play various lords show their mistrust and suspicion for Macbeth. Macduff shows it when he refuses to attend Macbeth's coronation at the end of Act II. Banquo starts Act three by saying "I fear thou play'dst most foully for't". In Act III Scene 6 Lennox expresses his suspicions of Macbeth. Ross arrives in England in Act IV Scene 3 to deliver a message as usual, but it is clear that he will not return to Scotland.
According to the Lord in scene 6, "The son of Duncan . . . lives in the English court. . . . Thither Macduff is gone."
In Act 5, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," Ross and Macduff decide to join forces with Malcolm and the English army to overthrow Macbeth and restore order to Scotland. They are determined to rid the country of Macbeth's tyrannical rule and bring about a new era of peace and prosperity under Malcolm's leadership.
The murder takes place offstage, after the end of Act II Scene I but before Macbeth re-enters near the beginning of Scene II. If the action is viewed as being continuous, it must be while Lady M is saying "That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold."
This must be Act I scene 4 that we are talking about. The king has just announced that the party is at Macbeth's place, and so everyone is headed to Inverness.
The Macbeth myth finally ends in Act 3 Scene 8, where he is slain by Macduff (who was born of caesarian section- "ripp'd untimely from his mother's womb"- and therefore able to kill Macbeth without disregarding the prophecy, "for none of woman born, shall harm Macbeth"). The last scene of Macbeth, Act 3 scene 9, simply shows the stark contrast between the different kings and how everyone became happy that the Macbeth Myth had ended.
In his dreams. Macbeth does not kill Macduff, it's the other way around. Macduff kills Macbeth at the end of Act V, at the end of the play. It is interesting that, although Macbeth is based (extremely loosely) on a historical character, there was no historical Macduff.
At the end of Act 3, Scene 3 of Othello, Othello decides to give orders to Iago to kill Cassio
Macbeth has to convince the murderers that Banquo is evil and needs to be killed so he says that the recent famine going on at that time is Banquo's fault. The murderers are only poor men who are trying to feed their family so they believe Macbeth, and eventually kill Banquo, though Banquo's son, Fleance, escapes.
At various times in the play various lords show their mistrust and suspicion for Macbeth. Macduff shows it when he refuses to attend Macbeth's coronation at the end of Act II. Banquo starts Act three by saying "I fear thou play'dst most foully for't". In Act III Scene 6 Lennox expresses his suspicions of Macbeth. Ross arrives in England in Act IV Scene 3 to deliver a message as usual, but it is clear that he will not return to Scotland.
According to the Lord in scene 6, "The son of Duncan . . . lives in the English court. . . . Thither Macduff is gone."
In Scene 1 of Macbeth, Macbeth vows to ponder whether the prophesied crown will fall into his hands by chance or through violence. This vow is carried out in Scene 2 when Macbeth starts to contemplate the idea of killing King Duncan in order to take the throne.
Duncan's death technically occurs off-stage, in Act 2 between Scenes 1 and 2. Macbeth states at the end of 1.1 "I go, and it is done. The bell invites me./Here it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell." (1.1.63-65) When 2.2 opens, Macbeth has already killed Duncan, and is giving the news to Lady Macbeth.
In Menteith's speech in Act 5, Scene 2 of Macbeth, he mentions that Birnam Wood is moving, a prophecy that ultimately leads to Macbeth's downfall. This foreshadows the approaching army using tree branches as camouflage to conceal their numbers and approach Macbeth's castle for the final battle. It signifies the fulfillment of the witches' prophecy and how Macbeth's actions will ultimately lead to his tragic end.