Macbeth - plots

Question 1

A1 S1

Answer 1

the witches plan to meet with Macbeth

Question 2

A1 S2

Answer 2

king Duncan asks about Scotlands battle and gets told that the thane of Cawdor betrayed him so he makes Macbeth the new thane of Cawdor for his bravery

Question 3

A1 S3

Answer 3

Macbeth and banquo are returning from battle and meet the witches they tell Macbeth he is thane of glamis and will be thane of Cawdor and then king and tells banquet his children will be descendants

ross then arrives and tells Macbeth the king has made him thane of Cawdor

Question 4

A1 S4

Answer 4

duncan comes to Macbeths castle that night
Macbeth informs his wife of this

Question 5

A1 S5

Answer 5

lady Macbeth reads a letter about the prophecies and knows Duncan needs to be killed. when Macbeth arrives she tells him the plan

Question 6

A1 S6

Answer 6

Macbeth has doubts about killing Duncan and tells lady Macbeth - lady Macbeth tells him he will do it if he is a man so Macbeth says he will do it

Question 7

A2 S1

Answer 7

banquet is at Macbeths castle and speaks to Macbeth about the witches - Macbeth lies and says he hasn’t thought about them
banquet leaves and Macbeth visions a dagger pointing to Duncans room - lady Macbeth informs Macbeth that it is time to kill

Question 8

A2 S2

Answer 8

Macbeth has killed Duncan and goes back to lady Macbeth - his hands are covered in blood and he brought the dagger back with him so lady Macbeth takes them back. Macbeth also hears voices telling him that he will sleep no more

Question 9

A2 S3

Answer 9

macduff enters Duncans room the next morning and finds him dead - lady Macbeth acts horrified and Macbeth killed the chamberlains and said it was out of rage. Malcolm and donaldbain don’t feel safe as their father has just been killed so they flee

Question 10

A2 S4

Answer 10

ross and an old man discuss the supernatural events that have been occurring - macduff then comes and tells them Macbeth is being crowned and suspicion on the death fell on Duncans son and the chamberlains

Question 11

A3 S1

Answer 11

Macbeth enters as king and says a feast is happening that night and he would love for banquet to come - banquet said he will after his horse-ride with fleance. Macbeth hires 2 murderers to kill them later

Question 12

A3 S2

Answer 12

Macbeth tells his wife that his mind is full of scorpions and he believes there is still threats but they need to be kind at the feast so nobody gains suspicions

Question 13

A3 S3

Answer 13

2 murderers kill banquet butt fleance escapes - they leave with banquet body and find Macbeth to tell him what happened

Question 14

A3 S4

Answer 14

Macbeths feast starts and the murderers tell him about banquet - Macbeth then joins the feast Macbeth can see the ghost of banquet in his seat and he goes crazy - lady Macbeth says Macbeth is distressed and troubled
Macbeth wants to see the witches to find out more

Question 15

A3 S5

Answer 15

the witches meet with hecate and she says she will join them next time to give him false hope

Question 16

A3 S6

Answer 16

Lennox and another lord discuss what is happening and say how they both suspect Macbeth. the lord tells Lennox that macduff has gone to England to Malcom to see if they can get the crown back for Scotland

Question 17

A4 S1

Answer 17

the 3 witches appear on stage along with hecate. Macbeth enters and asks for more - they show him 3 apparitions
- floating head “beware macduff”
- bloody child “none of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
- crowned child holding a branch - he is safe until birnam woods comes to dunsinane
Lennox tells Macbeth that macduff has fled to England so he sends murderers to kill his family

Question 18

A4 S2

Answer 18

macduff is questioned by Malcolm to make sure he wants the best for Scotland and the macduff family are all killed

Question 19

A4 S3

Answer 19

ross urges Malcolm to come to England and ross tells macduff that his family have been killed - this makes macduff have so much grief so Malcolm tells him to turn it into revenge

Question 20

A5 S1

Answer 20

lady Macbeth is sleep walking and sees blood on her hands that won’t come off - madness and guilt

Question 21

A5 S2

Answer 21

a group of Scottish lords discuss what the ‘tyrant’ is doing and how he is making military preparations at dunsinane

Question 22

A5 S3

Answer 22

Macbeth is boasting about how he will be safe as no man born of women may harm him and he puts on his armour as he is warned that macduff and Malcolm are on their way

Question 23

A5 S4

Answer 23

Malcolm and sward decide that they should cut down branches of the trees and carry it infant of them to disguise numbers

Question 24

A5 S5

Answer 24

a women cry is heard in the castle and Macbeth is told that his wife is dead - he talks about how life is pointless. macbeth also gets told that birnam woods is heading towards him. he declares he will die fighting

Question 25

A5 S6

Answer 25

outside the castle the battle commences
Malcolm orders the English soldiers to throw down their boughs and draw their swords

Question 26

A5 S7

Answer 26

Macbeth strikes everyone in his way because no man born of woman can harm him - he kills young siward

Question 27

A5 S8

Answer 27

macduff emerges and searches for Macbeth who he wants to kill personally - revenge

Question 28

A5 S9

Answer 28

Malcolm and sward have entered the castle - hardly any resistance

Question 29

A5 S10

Answer 29

Macbeth and macduff meet on the battlefield. macduff tells Macbeth he was not born of woman as he was born by caesarian - they exit fighting

Question 30

A5 S11

Answer 30

Malcolm and siward walk together in the castle and ross tells siward that his son is dead and siward asks if it was from the front or back - it was from the front as he had died in battle. macduff enters with Macbeths head in his hands and Malcolm becomes king