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Here, the images of the witches are represented through "Thunder and Lightning", marking them as an evil presence in line with Jacobean social attitudes.

The rhyming scheme is magical in quality and the "heath" is established as the prophetic location for Macbeth's tragedy to begin.

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A violent and curious depiction of this scene, demonstrating the Witches' obscure nature

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The witches meet on a thunderous dark night.
Smoke is present - Supernatural element
Macbeth is mentioned
Shows prophecies and futures, adds to supernatural element

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The captain introduces 'Brave Macbeth' to Duncan. Shakespeare uses personification the of Fortune to introduce the further idea of Fate and prophecy in the play. This image that is introduced of Macbeth is later juxtaposed by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s relationship and power dynamic

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Macbeth kills Macdonald. Macbeth is demonstrated as a valiant hero. Macbeth becomes the new Thane of Cawdor.

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The prophecies are given. Macbeth is told that he will become King, and Banquo is told that his children will become Kings by the three witches:
"All hail Macbeth., that shalt be king hereafter."
"Thou shalt get. kings, though thou be none."

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The prophecy is revealed in which Macbeth will become king. Suspicion between Banquo and Macbeth begins- Sydney

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We are first introduced to the witches who fluctuate between a guide to Banquo and Macbeth and an impartial voice in the play. As well as adding an errie supernatural element to the performance.

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Duncan welcomes Macbeth and Banquo and tells them that he plans to make Malcolm his heir to the throne. Macbeth realizes he cannot become king as long as Malcolm is around.

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The Thane of Cawdor who is a traitor is executed and Macbeth given the title. This is significant because it gives Macbeth the possibility of becoming king and also shows he is a favourite of Duncan.

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Here, Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter, learning about the witches' prophecies and their supernatural knowledge. She reveals her true feelings towards Macbeth becoming king: that he would be 'too full of the milk of human kindness to strike aggressively at your first opportunity' (meaning too kind and not harsh enough to rule. She goes on to say he lacks ambitions, showing her ambitions and want for power... fast forward a bit and she rather aggressively summons spirits and demons to give her strength.

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Lady Macbeth appears. She reads out the letter that Macbeth sent her. In the letter, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about the prophecies that the witches told him. In this scene, we find out that Lady Macbeth is an ambitious character. At the end of the scene, Macbeth enters and she starts persuading him to commit regicide.

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Duncan and Banquo comment on the beautiful nature of Macbeth's castle. This is ironic because Duncan is about to be killed there, and Duncan is deceived.

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This castle has a pleasant seat

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Macbeth recites a long soliloquy, and decides to “go no further with this business” of regicide. However, Lady Macbeth questions his masculinity and uses her feminine qualities to persuade him to be ambitious and carry out the deed. This is interesting because Lady Macbeth is defying the typical gender roles of the time and playing a more dominant figure in the relationship - challenging the man’s traditional role of authority.

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Macbeth is very conflicted and is having second thoughts about murdering Duncan. He uses euphemisms like ‘bloody business’ and ‘deed’ instead of murder as he fears what he is going to do. "Nature seems dead" also suggests his fear of upsetting the natural order and the Divine Right of Kings. "Wicked dreams abuse" also foreshadows his later sleeping problems and the psychological problems his actions cause.

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We see for the first time that Banquo is suspicious of Macbeth.

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After all the built up tension, Duncan, King of Scotland, is killed - the divine right of kings has been ultimately broken. There are allusions towards mental schizophrenia from Macbeth - 'Macbeth has murdered sleep, Macbeth shall sleep no more.' Macbeth realizes that killing Duncan may not have been a great idea for his mental state in the long term, however he is ambitious and desires power, so therefore disregards all long term issues; evidently which he re

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the porter allows for comic relief after the murder of Duncan.

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The doorman/gatekeeper character bringing both morbid humour and foreshadowing of Macbeths true nature by comparing the castle to hell. A place where the devil would usually preside.

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Banquo is suspicious that Macbeth has killed Duncan. Macbeth orders Banquo and his son, Fleance to be murdered.

Macbeth describes Banquo as "our chief guest"- Macbeth flatters Banquo which gives him a false sense of security. He uses this as a means of finding out where he can have Banquo killed later in the evening.

That are having a royal Banquet

"Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance'" - Macbeth is essentially saying that he is going to challenge fate.

Contrast from Act 1 to scene 3- in Act 1, Macbeth deeply considered whether murdering Duncan was the right thing to do and his inner conscience constantly challenged the decision. Conversely, in Act 3, Macbeth makes a quick decision to murder Banquo- this shows how ruthless he has become as the play progressed

Scene 2:

Macbeth suffers from nightmares- 'sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams- this is similar to earlier in the play. It could show that Macbeth is regretful for his deeds or his inner voice is trying to tell him what is he doing is morally incorrect.

Macbeth talks about 'Duncan in his grave' with further references to sleep.

Animal references towards the end of the scene- 'shard-borne beetle' and 'the crow makes wings to the rocky wood'- unpleasant animal imagery...

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Banquo and Fleance leave Macbeths castle for a ride. Strong suggestion that they are not planning to return.

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Banquo and Fleance leave the castle to go riding. Hints that they are not planning on returning for the feast.

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Macbeth meets with the murders, plots the death of Banquo.

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Macbeth orders two murderers to kill Banquo. He is becoming more and more paranoid. Banquo is suspicious of Macbeth

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This scene is the death of Banquo. The three murderers, under orders of Macbeth, have grouped together in an ambush for Banquo and Fleance. The murderers succeed... partially. Fleance escapes, while Banquo dies.
Macbeth's orders were for Banquo and Fleance to be killed - in a bid to nullify the prophecy regarding Banquo (Banquo's descendants shall be kings). This prophecy is feared by Macbeth, who would obviously want to maintain his throne.

Some major themes in this scene are: PROPHECY (Banquo's prophecy is very relevant); MURDER (Banquo and Fleance are to be murdered); BETRAYAL (Macbeth and Banquo were presumably best friends, however Macbeth has had Banquo killed).

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Macbeth has visions of the ghost of Banquo. This reveals how Macbeth is paranoid.

Appearance vs Reality

Supernatural

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This scene shows Lady Macbeth's loss of control over husband. This shows their change in relationship. Lady Macbeth tells the men to ignore Macbeth's suspicious behaviour and claims he has always been like this.

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We see Macbeth to be paranoid and insecure in his position as king, shown by the brutal murder of Banquo, and the appearance of his ghost, symbolising his unstable state of mind.

the ghost of Banquo occupying Macbeth's seat shows that even in death, Banquo still plays a major part in Macbeth's crumbling state of mind, and holds power over him.

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Lennox and a Lord show their distrust in Macbeth. This reflects the possible feelings of others in Scotland as well, and foreshadows the downfall of Macbeth. It shows hope for Scotland, but also shows in what a state it is in, and just how much they do need help.
https://youtu.be/3OHoiWcojgI
Lennox is very careful with the way he speaks to the Lord, even though we can infer that they have talked before. This shows the tyranny of Macbeth and the fear that he has created. Eventually, Lennox opens up to the Lord more, since the Lord himself is not trying to hide the fact that he too is suspicious of Macbeth.

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Banquos Ghost
References to Macbeths madness/ state of mind. Lady Macbeth desperately trying to maintain normality amongst the guests.

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The moment in which the gender roles are suddenly reversed and the power change between Mac and Lady Mac then seems to sculpt the rest of the play.

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Act 3, Macbeth's Solioquy
Macbeth speaks about issues such as Banquo and the prophecy of the Weïrd Sisters. This is the beginning of Macbeth's plotting the assassination of Banquo, in order to prevent Banquo's descendents from gaining the throne.

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Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are becoming more and more isolated from each other. He is no longer telling her his plans. Lady Macbeth has lost her dominance.

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