1. Macbeth
The Characters

2. Create a storyboard of the plot
Choose between 6 and 10 key events, draw a picture and write a brief explanation underneath
Remember to use quotes
Include speech bubbles and thought bubbles
Is that a dagger I see before me

3. Macbeth is in a battle fighting for Scotland against Denmark.
Macbeth & Banquo meet 3 witches – they tell Macbeth that he is going to be Thane of Cawdor and King. They tell Banquo he is going to father Kings.
A messenger tells him he is now Thane of Cawdor and Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill King Duncan & blame the guards. Macbeth becomes King.
Macbeth hires 2 murderers to kill Banquo & Fleance. Macbeth is very disturbed when he sees Banquo’s ghost at the dining table.
He returns to the witches who tell him a) Beware Macduff b) he won’t be defeated until the trees of Birnam wood walk to the castle c) he won’t be harmed by a man born of woman.
Macbeth slaughters Macduff’s family. Macduff is in England gathering an army with Malcolm.
The army uses branches of trees to camouflage them as they advance on the castle. Lady Macbeth dies. Macduff, who is Caesarian born, kills Macbeth.

4. Macbeth’s Diary
Imagine you are Macbeth. You are going to write in your diary and explain the following:
Meeting the witches
The killing of King Duncan and his guards
Planning the murder of Banquo and his son
The second meeting with the witches
Describe the EVENTS. Describe your PLANS, THOUGHTS and FEELINGS.
Write in the first person
Control the tense that you are writing in

5. Macbeth The most important character in the play
At the beginning of the play he is Thane of Glamis
He is a brave warrior and a cold and calculating killer
He is influenced by the supernatural
He murders King Duncan because he wants to be King
Then he kills Banquo and Macduff’s family out of fear of losing his position

6. Macbeth Macbeth struggles with his conscience
He likes Duncan and feels that killing him is wrong
Lady Macbeth talks him into it
Afterwards he feels guilty
Macbeth wants to be manly – Lady Macbeth persuades him by calling him a coward
Later Macbeth becomes secretive and does not tell Lady Macbeth about the murders of Banquo and the Macduffs

7. Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is ambitious – she wants to be Queen
She mocks Macbeth and accuses him of being unmanly
She is strong and organises the murder of Duncan
Then she becomes guilty and commits suicide

8. Banquo A warrior and a nobleman
Banquo is wise, honourable, brave and fearless
The witches tell Banquo that he will become the father of kings
Banquo suspects that Macbeth has murdered Duncan
Macbeth hires killers to murder Banquo and his son Fleance
Banquo is murdered but Fleance escapes
Banquo’s ghost comes back to haunt Macbeth

9. King Duncan Duncan is King of Scotland at the beginning of the play
He makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor as a reward for his performance in the battle
His sons are called Malcolm and Donalbain
After Duncan’s murder Malcolm flees to England and Donalbain flees to Ireland
Malcolm gathers an army and becomes King after the defeat of Macbeth

10. Macduff Macduff is a nobleman and a warrior
He finds Duncan’s murdered body
The witches tell Macbeth to beware of him
Macduff joins Malcolm in England
His wife and children are murdered by Macbeth
He was born by caesarean and was therefore able to kill Macbeth and make the witches’ prophecy come true