SHAKESPEARE ´S

MACBETH
Written in prose and verse around 1606,
Macbeth delves into the legitimacy of power,
human ambition and the designs of fate, in one
of the most lucid tragedies that the English
playwright has bequeathed to the history of
literature.
SCOTLAND: MOST OF THE PLAY'S ACTION TAKES PLACE IN SCOTLAND, BOTH IN
MACBETH'S CASTLE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

INVERNESS CASTLE: THE MAIN SETTING OF THE PLAY AND WHERE MACBETH AND
LADY MACBETH CONSPIRE AND COMMIT THEIR CRIMES.

BIRNAM WOOD: WHERE MALCOLM AND HIS TROOPS DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS

TREES TO CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES AND ADVANCE TOWARDS MACBETH'S CASTLE.

THE BATTLEFIELD: WHERE MACBETH CONFRONTS MALCOLM'S FORCES AND IS

EVENTUALLY DEFEATED AND KILLED.
Protected by the deceitful prophecies of the Sisters, witches or
goddesses of destiny, Macbeth decides to assassinate his king and take
the crown.
MACBETH: PROTAGONI ST OF THE PLAY, I NI TI ALLY A BRAVE SCOTTI SH GENERAL,
WHOSE AMBI TI ON LEADS HI M TO COMMI T MURDER TO ACHI EVE THE THRONE.

LADY MACBETH: WI FE OF MACBETH, AMBI TI OUS AND MANI PULATI VE, I NCI TES
HER HUSBAND TO COMMI T THE MURDER OF KI NG DUNCAN TO ACHI EVE POWER.

DUNCAN: KI NG OF SCOTLAND, NOBLE AND J UST, I S MURDERED BY MACBETH I N

HI S QUEST FOR THE THRONE.

THE WI TCHES: THEY PROPHESY THE RI SE AND FALL OF MACBETH. THEY ARE
RESPONSI BLE FOR SOWI NG THE SEED OF AMBI TI ON I N HI S MI ND.
the quest for power leads Macbeth and his
wife to commit heinous acts, setting off a
chain of tragic events.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches on the moor after a battle.

The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and then king, and
that Banquo's descendants will also be kings.

Macbeth is named Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan, fulfilling the first part of the
prophecy.

Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to murder Duncan and seize the throne.
Macbeth murders Duncan while he sleeps in his castle.

Macbeth is crowned king of Scotland, but begins to be consumed by guilt and

paranoia.
evokes a variety of emotions, including suspense, intrigue, horror.