Scene Study - Macbeth

                                                              Scene Study - Macbeth 
Key events of the play:

  • Witches prophecy's
  • Prophecy become true Macbeth = Thane of Cowdor
  • Macbeth kills Duncan 
  • All hail Macbeth (King of Scotland)
  • Killing of Banquo (Fleance escapes)
  • Banquo appears Macbeth goes mad 
  • Goes back to witches, prophecy needing to be heard, Macduff is a threat 
  • Macbeth kills Macduff family 
  • Lady Macbeth kills herself 
  • Macduff kills Macbeth
  • Malcolm becomes king
Key event of each scene:
  • Scene 1: All about the witches, witches introduction 
  • Scene 2: Ross tells Duncan of Macbeth's victory in war and tells him how the other thane of Cowdor let Ducan down.
  • Scene 3: Witches prophecies the rise of Macbeth and Banquo are told of Macbeth future. 
  • Scene 4: Macbeth becomes infatuated with the idea of becoming king.
  • Scene 5: Lady Macbeth hearing of the prophecy, persuades Macbeth to make them come true.
  •  Scene 6: Ducan comes and talks to Lady Macbeth. 
  • Scene 7: Lady Macbeth persuaded Macbeth to kill Ducan to become King. 
  • Scene 8: Macbeth kills Ducan. 
  • Scene 9: Lady Macbeth hides the dagger to reframe from being accused. 
  • Scene 10: Ducan is dead and everyone knows.
  • Scene 11: Banquo becomes suspicious of Macbeth and Macbeth is crowned king 
  •  Scene 12: 
  • scene 13: Murders appears, Banquo deaded (Florence flees) 
  • Scene 14: Banquo scene, sees Banquo ghost, Macbeth goes mad 
  • Scene 15: Talking (Lords) about Macduff 
  • Scene 17: killing, Ross tells Macduff of what Macbeth has done to his wife and children. (Get revenge)
  • Scene 18: Lady Macbeth goes mad  and sees blood
  • Scene 20: Macbeth bring on the fight 
  • Scene  21: Going to war 
  • Scene 22: Lady Macbeth kills herself 
  • Scene 23: Macduff kills Macbeth and Malcolm becomes king
Key characters and relationship: 
Macbeth & Lady Macbeth = Husband and Wife
Macbeth best friend Banquo, both get the prophecy together, Loyal
Ducan= King -Donalbain & Malcolm
Banquo & Fleance - Fleance is Banquo son who flees when Banquo gets killed
Macbeth & Witches -The witches give Macbeth their prophecies and the ones that lead Macbeth into a dark path and telling him what could happen and who he would be.
Macbeth & Ducan - Macbeth kills Ducan in order for the prophecy to reign true, he wants to ensure that he is king
Macbeth & Macduff - Macbeth kills Macduff family and servant and therefore Macduff brings war and Macduff kills Macbeth
Malcolm = Becomes king after Macbeth is killed
Ross- Macbeth = Ross is the nobleman of the king and is loyal to Macbeth until greed takes over.
Mood and atmosphere of each scene 
Some of the scenes are always dark
Spooky
Mysterious
Madness
Bloody
Corrupted
gloomy
scary
unearthly  

Comments

Popular Posts