Macbeth

He tries to find Odysseus, aka "Nohbody", and get ahold of him and kill him.

It is one of the shortest because it has the fewest lines. The reason why a play is long or short is usually because that is how long it took to get to the end.

There can be other factors. Hamlet and King Lear were published in different versions which contain lines not in the other; if the two versions are put together, the result is a longer play. We have only one source text for Macbeth.

Also certain plays had topical material introduced in them which may not have been used in every performance. An example of such filler is the conversation between Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about the popularity of boys' playing companies (a threat to Shakespeare's business at one time). Sometimes filler is put in to allow for a costume change, such as the conversation between Lorenzo and Jessica at the beginning of Act 5 of The Merchant of Venice. Unfortunately Macbeth is also filled out with a number of scenes containing the character Hecate in a style jarringly dissimilar to the rest of the play, and probably written by someone else (perhaps Thomas Middleton) to provide a little song-and-dance. And the Porter scene, although possibly Shakespeare's best comic relief, is clearly in the play to facilitate a costume change for the Macbeths.

Although its language is powerful and clearly the play is well thought through, Macbeth is a play full of action. Its style contrasts with a play like Antony and Cleopatra, which is bulky and 'talky', lacking action.

Line numbers are not very helpful because they are different from edition to edition of the play. If what you mean is, "Could the play Macbeth end at the moment Macduff cuts off Macbeth's head?", then, the answer is, yes it could. Producers of Shakespearean productions frequently cut lines and passages from the plays to get the running time down to something a modern audience can put up with. The play might well end at that point, and leave out Macduff's report to Malcolm, his line "The time is free", hailing Malcolm king of Scotland, Malcolm's creation of English earls instead of Scottish thanes, and his invitation to come to his coronation.

Artistically, the play may not feel as satisfying if you end with a fade to black when Macduff's sword hacks off Macbeth's head. Macduff needs to underline the fact that Macbeth is dead and his reign of terror is over. At the very least, Macduff must say "Behold where stands the usurper's cursed head. The time is free!"

If you end the play there, you allow the audience to forget about the question, "What happens next?" Having Malcolm hailed as king reminds the audience of the weakness of his character, and that in some ways he may prove a worse king than Macbeth (or, if his character is built up, would reinforce the relief felt that Macbeth is dead). The creation of earls is important in a reading of the play that sees Malcolm as an English-backed Anglophile bent on destroying the indigenous Scottish customs.

But if you marginalize the character of Malcolm throughout the play, it would be consistent to end the play with "the time is free".

At the beginning of the play, Macbeth didn't have any enemies. By the end he had lots, including Malcolm, Donalbain, Fleance and especially Macduff.

Perhaps the title "King of Scotland" which they both held may give you a clue.

she is the assistant of lady macbeth(macbeth's wife)

his wife.

who didn't go to banquet which makes Macbeth woory about a plan againts him.

The second apparitions said it to Macbeth.

He imagines that he is the gatekeeper in hell (while being excessively drunk).

Look at the beginning of act 2 scene 3.

Macbeth was elated

The third witch

a keen observer
A keen observer

• Brave
• Honourable
• Cautious
• Good
• Fair
• Ambitous

We don't know but it is likely he inherited the title from his father or from climbing the ranks in the military

Malcom is Duncan's son. Macbeth kills Duncan (king of Scotland), but not Malcom; Malcom flees to escape suspicion of his involvement in his father's murder. He later returns to Scotland, where, after Macduff kills Macbeth, he is crowned king.

Hope this helps!

Not really. Duncan was a good and saintly man, but was poorly equipped to run a country. In particular he is a poor judge of character: as he himself says "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face." He is completely wrong about the Thane of Cawdor, and has no inkling of what is going on in Macbeth or Lady Macbeth's minds. He chooses the feckless Malcolm as his successor, just because he is his son.

Henry V better fits the ideal of a king. He spots conspirers against his throne and without difficulty foils them.

Well, if you mean killed, there were many!

King Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macduff, Lady Macduff's son, other members of the Macduff family and Macbeth!

With poison wine.

Macbeth doesn't really have a conflict with them. Banquo suspects Macbeth of killing Duncan, but isn't saying anything. Macbeth is annoyed by the witches' prediction that his children will not succeed him (Does he have children? The way things are going between him and his wife, is it likely that he will?) but that Banquo's decendants will. He is jealous.

Macbeth's murder of Banquo and attempt on Fleance's life are an attempt to prove to himself that his future is not controlled, and that he is free. He wants to know that he became king because of what he did, not some inexorable fate. When the murderers fail to kill Fleance, he says, "Then comes my fit again!". He has not proven that he is free. The witches' predictions about Banquo can come true. Maybe it is all a matter of fate after all.

It is always useful when asking about a quotation to quote it accurately. The word Macbeth uses is not "warmth" but "worm":

There the grown serpent lies; the worm that's fled

Hath nature that in time will venom breed,

No teeth for the present.

A serpent is of course a big snake; a worm looks like the same thing but much smaller. Macbeth is angered by Fleance's escape when he tried to kill him to secure his throne. Banquo is the serpent and Fleance is the worm. When he says "the worm that fled hath nature that in time will venom breed", he means that in time Fleance will grow to be a danger. Shakespeare is rearranging the words to get a better rhythm, but think of it as "the worm that fled hath nature that will, in time, breed venom." Of course, Fleance is no danger now; he has "no teeth for the present".

The ghost of Banquo.

the wtiches

Lady Macduff and her son were killed by Macbeth's murderers. He killed them because he was really afraid of everything (after witches' predictions) and wanted to harm Macduff.

A question with some incoherence. What apparition? The ghost scenes in Macbeth were referred to in the script as apparitions- the Dagger of the Mind sequence ( a good reference, out of context, to drug abuse! Apparition ususally sounds clasier than (Ghost) and is applied to religious visions or sightings such as those of the Blessed Virgin Mary at, for example, Fatima. Be sure of your target before opening up! There were, as I recall three apparitions or ghost sequences in Macbeth- Four Ghosts in ( A Christmas Carol) and One is not sure of the total number of apparitions at the Fatima site in l9l7.