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macbeth Plot Summary
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· The witches meet to plan their meeting with Macbeth
· The king, Duncan hears reports that his General, Macbeth, with Banquo has defeated the traitor, Cawdor
· Duncan awards Macbeth the title ‘Cawdor’
· Macduff defeats the Norwegian king
· Macbeth and Banquo ride to meet the king
· They meet the witches on the heath
· The witches hail Macbeth as Glamys, Cawdor, King hereafter
· They hail Banquo as the father of a line of kings
· Ross arrives and tells Macbeth he is now the Thane of Cawdor
· At the king’s castle, Duncan makes announcement- Malcolm is Prince of Cumberland
· Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter
· Lady Macbeth fears Macbeth is “too full of the milk of human kindness”
· Messenger arrives to tell her the king is coming – the “fatal entrance of Duncan”
· Macbeth arrives and Lady Macbeth tries to convince him to kill Duncan
· Macbeth agonizes over whether to kill Duncan – decides not to
· Lady Macbeth convinces him to change his mind – they can blame the guards – she will get them drunk and drug them
· Banquo in the courtyard talks to his son
· Macbeth, waiting to do the crime, enters the courtyard
· Macbeth is tortured: “is this a dagger that I see before me?
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Title: macbeth Plot Summary
Words: 904 Rating: None Pages: 3.6 submitted by: KateMulgrew
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