This document summarizes William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It discusses how the witches' prophecy that Macbeth will become king plants the seed in his mind, pushing him to kill King Duncan with encouragement from his ambitious wife Lady Macbeth. Macbeth's actions plunge the kingdom into chaos and leave him wracked with guilt. In the end, Macbeth is killed by Macduff as the consequences of his regicide catch up to him, demonstrating that every action has consequences.

1. Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Presentation by Abbie Carrington

2. “A drum, a drum!
Macbeth doth
come”(pg. 15)
Written by the very famous, Sir
William Shakespeare...Macbeth
is a story filled with greed,
death, and tragedy.

3. The key lesson that Macbeth and other important characters
learn is that every action has a consequence.

4. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!”(pg.17)
• When the witches put the idea of being king
into Macbeth’s head it gives him the taste of
wanting to be king. He then knows he wants
that position of power. This is what gets the ball
rolling...

5. • Macbeth
ignores the witches superstitious
predictions and he chooses to tell his
crazy, power thirsty wife,
Lady Macbeth.

6. “Come, thick night, And
pall thee in the dunnest
smoke of hell, that my knife
see not the wound it
makes...”(pg.33)
Lady Macbeth hears the
possibility that she can be queen
and she jumps at the idea. She
orders her husband to kill an
innocent king, Duncan, in
order for her husband to be
king!

7. This reaction from Lady Macbeth pushes
Macbeth to give in, which leads to him
committing the murder. This leaves him in a
state of utter guilt and
apprehension.

8. Then Lady Macbeth is over-whelmed with
guilt...
• She is seen going insane
• She is constantly trying to wash her hands of the bloody guilt
that she forces upon herself and her husband
• “Out, damned spot, out I say!...who would have thought the old
man to have had so much blood in him?”(pg. 163)

9. “What should be spoken here, where our fate... Let’s away. Our
tears are not yet brewed.” (pg.71)
Malcolm Donalbain
Duncan’s sons flee the kingdom because they do not want to get
blamed for the murder, so Malcolm and Donalbain have to leave
their home because of Macbeth’s actions

10. Finally the guilt becomes too much for Macbeth and he
goes crazy and ends up being killed by Macduff...
• If the witches hadn’t
put the idea in
Macbeth’s head, he
wouldn’t have killed
Duncan in the first
place
• In the end, Macbeth’s
own actions led to his
tragic death

11. That is why it is important to always
remember...
every action has a
consequence.

12. Thank you...
~Abbie Carrington
Period 3