Macbeth

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• Married to Lady Macbeth
• Is told the future by The Witches
• Murders Duncan
• Initially friends with Banquo but then sees him as a threat
• Orders The Murderers to kill his enemies
• Defeated in battle by Macduff

Macbeth is an ambitious man, fated to be king. He starts the play as Thane of Glamis, but is told by the witches that he will soon be declared Thane of Cawdor and later King. His ambition is awakened by Lady Macbeth who suggests he should seize his destiny by murdering Duncan. Immediately after killing Duncan, he seems terrified that he cannot be forgiven for his actions. However, he becomes more and more willing to do anything to achieve his ambitions, even having his former friend Banquo killed. He becomes more arrogant and tyrannical after being told by the witches that he cannot be killed by anyone “of woman born”. His arrogance proves to be his downfall, and he is finally killed by Macduff.

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1. Macduff

   

   Despair thy charm;
   And let the Angel, whom thou still hast serv’d,
   Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb
   Untimely ripp’d. (5.8.13-6)

2. Malcolm

   

   Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the Powers above
   Put on their instruments. (4.3.236-8)

3. The Witches

   

   Be bloody, bold, and resolute: laugh to scorn
   The power of man, for none of woman born
   Shall harm Macbeth. (4.1.79-81)

4. Lady Macbeth

   

   You lack the season of all natures, sleep. (3.4.140)

5. Lady Macbeth

   

   You have displac’d the mirth, broke the good meeting
   With most admir’d disorder. (3.4.108-9)

6. Banquo

   

   Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
   As the Weird Women promis’d; and, I fear,
   Thou play’dst most foully for’t. (3.1.1-3)

7. Lady Macbeth

   

   My hands are of your colour; but I shame
   To wear a heart so white. (2.2. 64-5)

8. Lady Macbeth

   

   Screw your courage to the sticking-place,
   And we’ll not fail. (1.7.61-2)

9. Lady Macbeth

   

   When you durst do it, then you were a man
   And, to be more than what you were, you would
   Be so much more the man. (1.7.49)

10. Lady Macbeth

    

    Your face, my Thane, is as a book, where men
    May read strange matters. (1.5.62-3)

11. Duncan

    

    I have begun to plant thee, and will labour
    To make thee full of growing. (1.4.28-9)

12. Banquo

    

    Good Sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
    Things that do sound so fair? (1.3.51-2)

13. The Witches

    

    All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
    All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
    All hail, Macbeth! that shall be King hereafter. (1.3.48-50)

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