1. Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches. They tell Macbeth he will be Thane of Cawdor then King.

2. Duncan comes to stay at Macbeth’s castle.

3. Macbeth does not trust Banquo. He has him murdered.

4. Macduff’s wife and children are killed by order of Macbeth.

5. Macbeth
Sequencing the Scenes

6. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to go ahead with the murder.

7. Lady Macbeth becomes mad. She dies.

8. Macbeth kills young Siward, messenger from Malcolm and Macduff.

9. Three strange witches meet.

10. The castle is attacked and Macbeth is killed.

11. King Duncan wins a great battle. Macbeth is a hero.

12. Macbeth revisits the witches. He sees strange apparitions.

13. Malcolm, Macduff and others plot to kill Macbeth.

14. Macbeth has a feast. Banquo’s ghost appears to him.

15. Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland.

16. Macbeth murders King Duncan

17. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to kill the king.

18. King Duncan makes Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor.

19. Malcolm and Donaldblain, sons of King Duncan, escape to England.

20. Malcolm is proclaimed King.

21. Macbeth writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her what the witches say.