Macbeth

-Play begins with thunder and lightning and three witches.
-three witches are used to help with foreshadows and situational irony.
- Anon: Vamanos.
- No flexibility in iambic pantameter
- Characters: Machbeth, lady Macbeth, Duncan, Malcom, Sergeant, Lennox, Ross, 3 witches, Banquo, Macduff, Lady Macduff, Hecate, Fleance, Porter, Donalbain
- First insight on Macbeth is indirect characterization, we see that Macbeth is a gory blood lust warrior.
- Witches going to give Macbeth a message.
- Golgotha: A biblical name for where Jesus was crucified, used as an allusion in the play.
- Theres a role of masculine. Lady Macbeth affects Macbeths masculine, witches foreshadow this by calling her a sailor with nut in between her legs.
- At this point we do not know the intent of the witches.
- Banquo makes fun of Macbeth and calls him a women, which influences the audiences view on the role of which Macbeth will play.
- Macbeth is visited by the witches, they say he will become thane of crawdor and soon after a king. Banquo is like well what about me whats in my future, and the witches reply your future sons will be king.
- shortly after being visited by the witches Macbeth found out that the thane of crawdor is suppose to be executed due to treason committed against the throne by helping out the rebels and Macbeth starts to believe the witches prophesies.
- Macbeth then sends a letter to his wife explaining to her what happened and the witches.
- She decides that she will help convince Macbeth to kill Duncan.
- She comes up with a plan. To get the Servants drunk and then have Macbeth kill the king and blame the servants.
- Macbeth is virtually crazy, we see that he keeps hallucination a lot
- He almost chickens out, wife convinces him to try it and
- Hes successful with the killing of king Ducan.
- Ducans sons run away, one to england the other to scottland. People think they murder the king.
- Macbeth becomes paranoid of the witches prphecies telling Banquo his children will be king, so he orders the death of banquo and his son, banquos son surivies the attack.