MACBETH RECAP (used only as a guide)
RECAP ACT 1 MACBETH IS A GREAT SOLDIER/WARRIOR MACBETH AND BANQUO MEET THE 3 WITCHES P1: YOU WILL BE THANE OF GLAMIS P2: YOU WILL BE THANE OF CAWDOR P3: YOU WILL BE KING THE ACTUAL THANE OF CAWDOR IS EXECUTED FOR COMMITTING TREASON BY KING DUNCAN (SCOTLAND) BECAUSE OF MB`S BRAVERY IN WAR, HE IS NOW THE THANE OF CAWDOR MB TELLS LADY MB ABOUT THE PROPHECIES AND SHE GETS THE IDEA TO KILL KING DUNCAN SO THEY CAN BE KING AND QUEEN. THEY INVITE KD TO THEIR ESTATE.
RECAP ACT 2 MB AND BANQUO DISCUSS THE PROPHECIES. KD ARRIVES. LM SAYS SHE WILL GET KD SERVANTS DRUNK AND THEN KILL HIM. LM ISN`T ABLE TO DO IT SO MB DOES IT. HE PANICKS AND LM RETURNS AND SMEARS BLOOD ON THE SERVANTS AND PUTS THE DAGGER BACK IN KD. THEY RETURN TO BED SO THEY SEEM INNOCENT. MACDUFF ARRIVES AND DISCOVERS KD DEAD. THE MACBETHS ACT « SURPRISED ». KD SON`S MALCOM (ENGLAND) AND (IRELAND) RUN AWAY MB BECOMES KING FOR « KILLING THE SERVANTS » WHO « KILLED » THE KING. THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING IS AFFECTED AS WEIRD THINGS BEGIN TO TRANSPIRE SUCH AS HORSES EATING OTHER HORSES.
RECAP ACT 3 BANQUO AND HIS SON FLEANCE GO HORSE RIDING. MB GETS THE IDEA TO ASSASSINATE BQ AND FLEANCE. THE ASSASSINS KILL BQ BUT FLEANCE ESCAPES. AT MACBETH`S BANQUET, HE BECOMES PARANOID AS HE SEES BANQUO`S GHOST. LB SCOLD HIM AND TELLS THE GUESTS TO LEAVE. MB DECIDES TO VISIT THE WITCHES. LENNOX AND A LORD DISCUSS KD DEATH, THE SONS RUNNING AWAY AND HOW IT LOOKS WEIRD HOW MB BECAME KING.
RECAP ACT 4 MB VISITS THE WITCHES AND DRINKS A POTION THAT REVEALS THREE APPARITIONS: A1: ARMED HEAD – BEWARE OF MACDUFF A2: BLOODY CHILD – NOBODY BORN OF WOMAN WILL EVER HARM MACBETH A3: CHILD CROWNED WITH TREE IN HAND -- BIRNAM WOOD TO DUNSINANE HILL MB DECIDES TO KILL MACDUFF AND HIS FAMILY. LADY MACDUFF AND HER SON ARE KILLED BY MB`S MEN. MACDUFF WENT TO SEE MALCOLM (ENGLAND) AND WAS PUT TO THE TEST. MACDUFF SAYS HOW MB IS EVIL AND TYRANNICAL AND MALCOLM SAYS HE WILL HELP HIM. MACDUFF DISCOVERS THE DEATH OF HIS FAMILY AND IS FEELING VENGEFUL.
RECAP 5 LM IS SLEEPWALKING/HALLUCINATING AND REVEALS HER WRONGDOINGS. MALCOM AND MACDUFF`S SOLDIERS ASSEMBLE FOR BATTLE. MB IS MADE AWARE OF THE ENGLISH SOLDIERS PLANNING TO ATTACK AND ASKS TO BE SUITED FOR BATTLE. THE ENGLISH SOLDIERS GET THE IDEA TO BREAK OFF BIRNAM WOOD BRANCHES AND CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES AS THEY APPROACH MB. MB BECOMES SCARED AND DISCOVERS THAT HIS WIFE COMMITTED SUICIDE TO LITTLE REACTION. MALCOM PREPARES HIS MEN AND SALUTES THEM AND GOES TO WAR AGAINST MB. MB KILLS YOUNG SIWARD THINKING THAT WAS HIS MURDERER. MACDUFF REVEALS HE WAS NOT BORN OF WOMAN (C-SECTION) AND KILLS MB OFFSCREEN (DECAPITATES HIM). MALCOLM IS KING AND POWER IS RESTORED TO SCOTLAND