1. ACTS 1-3 by Arnel Santiago Jr
English 11
MAJOR EVENTS, CHARACTERS
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHO INFLUENCED WHO?

2. ACT 1 Characters
● Macbeth (Main Character)
● Banquo
● Three Witches
● Ross
● King Duncan

3. Act 1What Happened?
● Macbeth and Banquo meet three crazy witches
who can predict the future. They tell the two
men what will happen to them
● Macbeth now wants to be king and Lady
Macbeth also wants him to be in power
● Macbeth's ambition to become in power is now
awakened

4. ACT 1 Influences and Main Events
● The three witches indirectly influence Macbeth
to make decisions to help him become king
● Macbeth is surprised when one of their
prophecies come true (him being the Thane of
Cawdor)
● Macbeth realizes what he must do to become
the king

5. ACT 2 Characters
● Banquo
● Fleance (son of Banquo)
● Macbeth
● Lady Macbeth
● King Duncan
● Malcom &Donalbain (Sons of Duncan)
● Macduff
● Lennox

6. ACT 2 What happened?
● Macbeth Sees a floating dagger in the halls. He
is not sure if it is real or if its a “dagger of the
mind”
● Macbeth is contemplating killing King Duncan
● He kills the king
● The dead king is found by Macduff but nobody
suspects Macbeth
● Lady Macbeth is one of the aliases to Macbeth

7. ACT 2 Influences/Events
● Lady Macbeth's desire for power is one of the
main influences for Macbeth to kill Duncan
● Murder of King Duncan
● Macbeth starts to become unstable with
committing the murder
● The sons of Duncan start to look like the
murderers
● MACBETH BECOMES KING!!

8. ACT 3 Characters
● Lady Macbeth
● Banquo
● Macbeth
● Fleance
● Two hired murderers
● Hecate
● Three witches

9. ACT 3 What happened?
● Macbeth is now king
● The sons of Duncan have fled Scotland
● Banquo is murdered
● His ghost haunts Macbeth
● Macbeth wants to see the witches again to find
out more about his future

10. ACT 3 Main Events
● Macbeth hires assassins to murder Banquo and
his son
● Fleance escapes and promises to avenge his
father
● Macbeth starts to see the ghost of Banquo
during his evening feast
● This prompts him to want to see the witches to
find out what is next
● Hecate (boss witch) wishes to be the one to talk
to Macbeth instead of the other witches