E Macbeth

Character Tracker - Act one

• Macbeth: Noble but prophecies start to put ideas in his head

• Lady Macbeth: Focused on making Macbeth king

• Banquo: Unaffected by prophecies

• Duncan: Proud of Macbeth and far too trusting

• The Witches: Scheme and inform of prophecies

• Malcolm: Announced to be heir

Character Tracker - Act two

• Macbeth: Contemplates but kills Duncan, followed by guilt, and becomes king

• Lady Macbeth: Aids with the murder and shows no remorse

• Duncan: Dies

• Macduff: Suspicious of Macbeth and skips coronation

• Malcolm/Donalbain: Flee to England and Ireland respectively

Character Tracker - Act three

• Macbeth: Has Banquo killed, feels insecure in power, sees Banquo's ghost and guilt re-emerges

• Lady Macbeth: Has plans of murder hidden from her, yells at her husband to be a man

• Banquo: Becomes suspicious of Macbeth, killed by murderers but tells son to run off

• The Witches: Scheme with Hecate to trick Macbeth into feeling too safe

• Lennox: Gives speech to promote uprising against Macbeth

Character Tracker - Act four

• Macbeth: Words of apparitions make him feel too secure, Orders Macduffs to be killed

• Lady Macduff and her son: Killed by Murderers whilst Macduff is away

• Macduff: Passes Malcolm's test, grieves loss of wife and son

• Malcolm: Tests where Macduff's loyalty lies, subtly taught by Macduff how to be a good king

Character Tracker - Act five

• Macbeth: Watches each prophecy come true but against him, hears of wife's passing, enter existential crisis, fights Macduff but is defeated and beheaded

• Lady Macbeth: Sleepwalks and is wracked with guilt, dies offstage

• Malcolm: Launches attack on Macbeth, tells soldiers to use tree branches to hide

• Macduff: Fights Macbeth and reveals he was born of C-section, Kills Macbeth

K16 - Quotes for ambition

• "Let not light see my black and deep desires" - Macbeth, A1S4

• "Dashed the brains out" - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• "Is this a dagger I see before me?" - Macbeth, A2S1

• "Blood will have blood" - Macbeth, A3S4

• "Dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" - Malcolm, A5S8

K16 - Quotes for Guilt

• "Is this a dagger I see before me?" - Macbeth, A2S1

• "look like the innocent flower" - Lady Macbeth, A1S5

• "Never shake thy gory locks at me" - Macbeth, A3S4

• "O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife" - Macbeth, A3S2

• "Out damned spot" - Lady Macbeth, A5S1

K16 - Quotes for loyalty

• "Unseam'd from the nave to th'chaps" - Captain, A1S2

• "There's daggers in men's smiles" - Donalbain, A2S3

• "I fear thou played'st most foully for't" - Banquo A3S1

• "Dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" - A5S8

• Malcolm testing Macduff's loyalty - A4S3

K16 - Quotes for violence

• "Unseam'd from the nave to th'chaps" - Captain, A1S2

• "Dashed the brains out" - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• "Is this a dagger I see before me?" - Macbeth, A2S1

• "By the pricking of my thumbs" - Weird sisters, A4S1

• "Blood will have blood" - Macbeth A3S4

K16(extras) - Quotes for kingship

• "Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe"

• "a fruitless crown // And put a barren sceptre"

• "Tyrant" "Dead butcher"

• Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty

• "the air recommends itself"

K16 - Quotes about Good VS Evil

• "Unseam'd from the nave to th'chaps" - Captain, A1S2

• "Too full o'th'milk of human kindness" - Lady Macbeth, A1S5

• "I fear thou played'st most foully for't" - Banquo, A3S1

• "Something wicked this way comes" - Weird sister, A4S1 (plus Macbeth rhymes)

K16 - Quotes about The supernatural/religion

• "Let not light see my deep and dark desires" - Macbeth, A1S4

• "Be the serpent under't" - Lady Macbeth, A1S5

• "Is this a dagger I see before me?" - Macbeth, A2S1

• "Full of scorpions is my mind" - Macbeth, A3S2

• "By the pricking of my thumbs" - Weird sister, A4S1

• "Out damned spot! Out I say" - Lady Macbeth, A5S1

K16 - Quotes about psychological breakdowns

• "When durst you do it, then you were a man" - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• "Dashed the brains out" - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• "Is this a dagger I see before me?" Macbeth, A2S1

• "Thou can'st not say I did it; never shake// thy gory locks at me" - Macbeth, A3S4

• "Out damned spot! Out I say!" Lady Macbeth, A5S1

K16 - Quotes about Reality vs Appearance

• “Let not light see my black and deep desires” - Macbeth, A1S4

• “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpents under’t” - Lady Macbeth, A1S5

• “There’s daggers in men’s smiles” - Donalbain, A2S3

• “I fear thou played’st most foully for’t" - Banquo, A3S1

• “Out damned spot! Out I say!” - Lady Macbeth, A5S1

K16 - Quotes about Fate VS Free Will

• “Unseam’d from the nave to th’chaps” - Captain, A1S2

• “Is this a dagger I see before me?” - Macbeth, A2S1

• “Blood will have blood” - Macbeth, A3S4

• “Something wicked this way comes” - Weird sister, A4S1

K16 - Quotes about gender roles

• “Too full o’th’milk of human kindness” - Lady Macbeth, A1S5

• “When durst you do it, then you were a man” - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• “Dashed the brains out” - Lady Macbeth, A1S7

• “O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife” - Macbeth, A3S2

• “Out damned spot! Out I say!” - Lady Macbeth, A5S1

• “Dead butcher and his fiend like queen” - Malcolm, A5S8

Context for Macbeth

• Great chain of being

• Fear of witchcraft

• Divine right of kings

• Gunpowder plot in 1605

• Greek ideas of tragedy, tragic hero, and hamartia

• Wars of the Roses

• King James being a descendant of Banquo

• Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince”