Rosse and The Old Man discuss about the weird events following the kings murder such as the kings horses breaking loose and eagles being killed by owls. – Pathetic Fallacy Macduff and Rosse discuss about the suspicions about the kings murder. Macduff reckons the king’s two sons Donalbain and Malcolm bribed the guards to kill […]
A knocking is heard on the castle gates, Lady Macbeth returns, but her husband is already regretting what he has done. The castle porter goes to open the door. The porter imagines himself to be the porter of hell-gate, welcoming various types of sinner. He admits Macduff and Lenox and jokes with them about the […]
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have drugged and made the guards of the castle drunk and have placed bloody daggers on their sleeping bodies to stage them for the murder of Duncan. Annoyingly Macbeth forgot to put the daggers on their body and now refuses to go back as he is worrying that he now doesn’t […]
In act 1 scene 3 Banquo and Macbeth are talking about the premonitions the three witches have made about Macbeth becoming king. Macbeth thinks it is all truth whereas Banquo says “But ‘t is strange: and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths…” Banquo expresses that he is […]
Lady Macbeth leads Duncan into the castle. Macbeth is deeply troubled by the possible consequences of killing the King and considers the powerful reasons against the deed. Macbeth think about Duncan’s virtues and imagines the terrible reactions to his murder. When he tells his wife that they must not proceed with their plans to kill […]
Duncan arrives, admires the beautiful setting of Macbeth’s castle and is welcomed by Lady Macbeth
A wounded soldier tells how Macbeth had killed the rebel Macdownald and then, with Banquo, had fought off an attack from the Norwegians who were allied with the rebels. Rosse arrives and reports that Macbeth has defeated the Norwegians and taken the rebel Thane of Cawdor prisoner. Duncan sentences Cawdor to death and transfers his […]
Macbeth conceals his thoughts from Banquo. Duncan’s son Malcolm reports that the rebel Cawdor had faced his execution with dignity. Duncan thanks Macbeth and Banquo for defeating the rebels and announces that his eldest son Malcolm will succeed him as a king. “Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not those in commission yet returned?”
The first witch relates how she will torment a sailor whose wife had been rude to her. The Witches greet Macbeth (who is Thane of Glamis) with the predictions that he will be Thane of Cawdor and King. Banquo asks the Witches to predict his future and they tell him that his descendants will be […]
The first ever text was sent in 1992 from Neil Papworth. This was a huge staple in the timeline of the modern lives of the human race. This message said ‘Merry Christmas’ and the person receiving this text and Neil could have never known what this phenomenon was going to become. Speech has been a […]