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-Lady Macbeth goes mad, driven to extremes by guilt
-the love between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth disappears dramatically and both find each other  a mere inconvenience
-Lady Macbeth nearly gives away their secrets to the doctor whilst in her sleep.
- Macbeth hears of the plot to overthrow him and prepares for war
-Malcolm and his army camouflage as they the prophecy of burnham wood coming to Dunisdane hill
-Macbeth dies after accepting his death at the hands of MacDuff


Key Characters:

Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Malcolm
MacDuff
Doctor


Key Quotations:
"She has spoken what she should not"- In her sleep she is vulnerable and her actions are weighing down on her

"Wash your hands, put on your nightgown, look not so pale"- her constant need to be 'cleansed' from her bad deeds.

"Find her disease and purge it"- Macbeth views it as a mere inconvenience


Relevant Context:

- Gender roles are once again reversed with Lady Macbeth lacking control and Macbeth believing he is invincible.

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Scene 1- Scene 1- the witches' are told by spirits that it is time to meet Macbeth so they create a charm by chanting and putting horrible ingredients into a cauldron. They finish it and are congratulated by Hecate. Macbeth arrives and demands them to answer his questions. The witches bring forth three apparitions: one warns Macbeth: "beware Macduff", another says no naturally born man can harm him
Key Characters:

Key Quotations:
scene 1... "Round about the cauldron go, in the poisoned 

Relevant Context:


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The second biggest crime of Macbeths career, the murder of Banquo


Key Characters:
Macbeth, Banquo, Lady Macbeth, Murderers, 


Key Quotations
"We have scorched the snake, not killed it;"
"As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs and Demi-wolves are clept"

Relevant Context:
In Shakespearean times it was a common belief that a mangled snake could recover from any injury of any form. It refers to the fact that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have only scorched the snake, so the guilt for their actions will come back to haunt them forever.

Shakespeare is referring to dogs because he was very fond of dogs. Also the fact that dogs are typically known man's best friends, Macbeth believes his guards are like dogs as they are loyal and do whatever he asks of them.

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Key Events:
Macbeth murders Duncan
Malcolm and donaldbain flee to england in fear of their life
Macbeth becomes king

Key Characters:
Banquo, Fleance, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Porter, Macduff, Lennox, Donaldbain, old man, Ross

Key Quotations:



Relevant Context:
Regicide -the killing of a king seen as one of the worst crimes to commit.
Divine right- king is god's messenger if he is born into the role of kingship 
Natural order is disrupted when the king died showing it is against god's will and is not natural
King James as a patron of Shakespeare's theatre company the King's Men would have wanted things to go wrong for Macbeth after so no citizens got the idea to overthrow him.


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The witches tell Macbeth he will be thane of Cawdor and king. They tell Banquo his descendants will be a line of kings. Lady Macbeth plots to kill Duncan and influences Macbeth

Key Characters:
Three Witches 
Duncan
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth



Key Quotations:
All hail Macbeth 
Fair is foul and foul is fair 
"Bellona's bridegroom" (describing Macbeth)
"Unsex me here" - 


Relevant Context:
"Weird" links to the goddess of fate wyrd. The witches seem intelligent which was sinister for women at the time. "Nine" could be a supernatural number (a cat has nine lives). Killing the king goes against God - divine right. Growth in nature in the Bible e.g. "The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree," the righteous 
King James book condemning the supernatural- Daemonologie
Gender Roles- the specific roles women were meant to play seen to be chosen from god- Lady Macbeth reject these 

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