Continued Reading Notes: Macbeth

Opening Scene:
-witches- gross, ugly, beards, gossipy
- practice witch-craft
- symbolize 3 fates of mythology
-Banquo- friend of Macbeth
- related to King James I
-witch foretells that Macbeth will come into power
-Macbeth gets a promotion to Cawdor
-King Duncan- King of Scotland
- great ruler
- impressed by Macbeth because of his success in battle
-witches tell Macbeth he will become king of Scotland
-Macbeth is named Cawdor (original Cawdor sentenced to death for treason)
-Macbeth will meet with the King
- Lady Macbeth- ambitious, wants power
- she wants the witches fortune to come true, power hungry
- wears the pants in the relationship, very masculine
- tell Macbeth to kill King Duncan to become king
- strong, bossy
-Macbeth doesn't want to kill the king, but does want power
-Macbeth stabs the king in his sleep
-He becomes king of Scotland
-Malcom- Duncan's son
- flees to England
- fears that whomever killed his father will kill him next
-Witches' prophecy- Banquo's sons will become powerful
- Banquo doesn't really believe them and doesn't take action like Macbeth
-Macbeth fears that the witches were right and kills Banquo to keep his sons from getting power
-Fleance- Banquo's son, survives
-Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth at the dinner party
-symbolizes Macbeth's guilt
- Banquo was a good man and his friend
-Macbeth goes to the witches for help
-they say demons are after him
-Mcduff- Scottish nobleman
- knows Macbeth is bad
- wants Malcom to become King
-Lady Mcduff- opposite of Lady Macbeth
- kind, maternal
-Macbeth orders Macduff's wife and children to be killed
- Mcduff is devistated
- Lady Macbeth dies and Macbeth doesn't really care
-"She should have died hereafter, signifying nothing"
-Mcduff, Malcom, and English army invade Scotland
-Lennox, Ross- Scottish nobles
- support English invasion
- hate Macbeth
-Mcduff kills Macbeth at the end of the battle
-Malcom become King of Scotland
- Witches wait in the background