Macbeth

Act 2, Scene 1: He begins hallucinating and thinks he sees a dagger pointing to Duncan's room.

In the Banquet Scene, Act 3 Scene 4, after seeing the ghost of Banquo.

Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015] reacted ambitiously, selfishly, and unscrupulously after reading her husband's letter. In Act 1 Scene 5 of the Shakespearean play, she read her husband's letter about an unexpected royal visit and witchly predictions of a royal future for the Macbeths. She responded to the royal visit only in terms of the foul opportunities that it afforded for a quick realization of a royal future for her and her husband. She showed her ambitiousness in thinking only of how to become Queen of Scotland. She showed her selfishness in rejecting her husband's preferred kinder, gentler means to advancing on the job and in the world. And she showed her unscrupulousness in choosing foul means over fair to make her ambitious dreams reality.

He explained the murder by saying that the two guards were bribed by the king's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain. They flew away which made them suspicious.

That his crown will not go to his decedents, but instead will give his crown to Banquo's

sons and grandsons. Banquo

decides to go to the ceremonial banquet.

When Macbeth first meets the witches, he doesn't think much of what they've said until he is given the title of Thane of Cawdor which was the witches' second prophecy. This encourages his ambition, and is already contemplating murder to get to the throne, but he can't force himself to do the deed himself, and is therefore encouraged by his wife.

In the second set of prophecies Macbeth believes that he has nothing to worry about. The first apparition told him to beware Macduff, but the next two apparitions make him feel as if he does not need to worry. The second apparition tells Macbeth that he can only be killed by a man who is not born naturally from a woman. Macbeth believes that since all men are born from a woman this means that he doesn't need to worry about anyone. The third apparition tells Macbeth that he only needs to worry if the forest at the bottom of the hill that his castle is places atop begins to move up the hill. Macbeth rationalizes that a forest cannot move unless growing, which would take a large amount of time. Because of this, he believes that he is safe but just in case he decides to kill Macduff's family as a warning to him.

That's a line from Macbeth. Yes, the witches in Macbeth say the line "Fair is foul and foul is fair" in Act 1 Scene 1. The whole line is "Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air".

Why do they say it? Who knows, it's a witchy thing. But it does help set up a theme of moral ambiguity, of appearance not matching reality, which is a theme throughout the play. Some have argued that it is essentially what the play is all about.

it is a metaphore saying that everything that is foul (bad) was meant to be taht way. and everything that is fair is meant to be decieving and foul

That is a step

On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,

For in my ways it lies.

• APEX

He is the cousin of Macduff. He is a messenger who delievers good and bad news. Ross is seen by some people to be a witch, this is because he praises Macbeth then shortly after he says " the thane of cawdor began a dismal conflict" which ironically Macbeth becomes thane of cawdor and has dismal conflict with Macduff which he gets his head cut off.

In act 1 scene 7, she states that she would rather kill her own child than to back out of the plan her and Macbeth have developed to murder Duncan. In act 2 scene 2 she admits that she would not have been able to kill the king herself as for he resembled her father as he slept.

Despite recent association with death it is actually associated with many good aspects in many parts of the world.

In both Japan and Scandinavia, the crow is a messenger of the gods and it can also be a symbol of family affection.

In scene 3 of Macbeth, the Porter/doorman is drunk. They have been up drinking until three in the morning.

Lennox informs Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England. This causes Macbeth to become angry and want revenge. He becomes impulsive and admits that he is gonna react upon his feelings; he is going to kill Macduff's family out of pure hatred.

The general opinion is that his sons Malcolm and Donalbain had hired his grooms to kill their father. This was supposedly proven because they took off after the murder was discovered, a sign of guilt. This is explained by Macduff in Act II Scene 4.

Shakespeare characterizes Macduff as someone who starts opening the eyes of the other characters because he seems to be the only one, beside Banquo, that suspects that Macbeth has something to do with Duncan's death.

Old man says Last Tuesday a hawk flying high in the air was attacked and killed by an owl hunting mice.

"A falcon towering in her pride of place was by a mousing owl hawked and killed" SCENE IV line 13

Ross.Duncan's horses, beautiful and swift, the best of their kind, broke down their stalls and ran wild. They refused to obey, as if they were at war with mankind.

"turned wild in nature, borke their stalls, flung out, contending'gainst obedience"

Duncan was the King of England, and was the lover of Macbeth. He was murdered, because in order for Macbeth to fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at Macbeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But Duncan's flaw, wasn't something so horrible that he should die. Most people need to trust each other more, and just because one person did, he shouldn't have to die.

Macbeth, possibly encouraged by the weakened position of Duncan, formed an alliance with their first cousin Thorfinn, earl of Orkney, Caithness and Sutherland under the King of Norway started a revolt. The rival armies met and Duncan was defeated and killed on August 1, 1040 near Elgin in Moray. There is some dispute as to the exact nature of Duncan's death, some texts say he died in battle and others say he was killed shortly after the battle by Macbeth.

In Macbeth?

King Duncan names his son Malcolm The Prince of Cumberland who is the heir apparent. After his murder, Malcolm flees so Macbeth is named to be King but later on in the play Malcolm, Duncan's son, becomes king.

Both Malcolm and Macduff believe Macbeth is a tyrant to be overthrown. However, Malcolm is a tyrant himself, if not even more repulsive than Macbeth. Though Macduff is not fully aware of this fact. Malcolm manipulates Macduff into slaying Macbeth and then plea allegiance to himself as the King of Scotland.

The three witches described Banquo as 'lesser than Macbeth, and greater'. They meant that Banquo was lesser, because he held the same job title whereas Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor in additiion to Thane of Glamis. Banquo didn't get to advance past being Captain. But Macbeth received another noble title, and would become king. Nevertheless, Banquo was greater, because he didn't have Macbeth's fatal flaw of raging ambition and manipulability. Banquo also was greater, because he was going to be the ancestor of a long line of kings. But Macbeth would hold and lose his title, and would have no descendants to succeed him.

Lady Macbeth started out as a practical, organized, intelligent but ambitious character in the play 'Macbeth'. She was focused and motivated in setting and reaching goals for herself and her husband. She told her husband not to think about the murders of King Duncan and the two royal guards. She said that thinking served no purpose other than to drive one mad. That sentence was prophetic. By the end of the play, she suffered from so much mental anguish that it incapacitated her. The craziness even led her to take her own life. Macbeth started out as a hardworking, career military officer. He tried to do a good job, and liked the recognition of work well done. He tended to be a good person, but was manipulable and ambitious. At first, Macbeth's good side predominated. But raging, uncontrollable ambition led him more and more to the dark side. Ultimately, he became as focused, maniacal, and tunnel visioned as his wife previously had been. The more heinous and widespread were the crimes that he committed, the more mental he became.

the king!

Lady Macbeth is going to make sure his grooms (who sleep in the same room) have passed out, then Macbeth will go in to his bedroom and stab him with the grooms' daggers.

Your friend is wrong. In the play MacDuff and MacBeth fight single-handed one on one and disappear offstage still fighting. MacDuff later walks in with MacBeth's head. Granted you do not actually see him die but you do see his head and it is pretty obvious who cut it off.