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Title: Macbeth - Act One
Description: A summary of Macbeth Act One in note form. Each scene is a different colour.

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Thursday, 29 December 2016

Macbeth
Act One

- The witches set the play on a heath and agree to meet when the battle is over
- King Duncan awaits news of the war with his sons and the Thane of Lennox to which
the captain arrives covered in blood and delivers an update

- The captain praises Macbeth
- Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches and they hail him as ‘Thane of Glamis’, ‘Thane
of Cawdor’ and ‘King thereafter’

- They also tell Banquo that his descendants will be king but he won’t
...


- Lady Macbeth takes control by planning the murder of Duncan, she deceives him by
welcoming warmly into the castle but telling Macbeth to ‘look like the innocent flower
but be the serpent underneath it’

- Macbeth does not want to murder Duncan because he knows it is wrong and he thinks
that Duncan is a good king and doesn’t deserve to die

- Lady Macbeth gets angry at Macbeth’s hesitation and calls him a coward which
offends Macbeth’s manhood
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Title: Macbeth - Act One
Description: A summary of Macbeth Act One in note form. Each scene is a different colour.