This document provides a summary of Acts 1-3 of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It outlines the key characters - Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, the witches, Duncan, and Malcolm - and summarizes their roles. It describes how Macbeth meets the witches and learns of his future title, then kills King Duncan after being influenced by Lady Macbeth. It notes Macbeth's growing madness as he has Banquo's family killed and sees Banquo's ghost after crowning himself king.

1. Macbeth Act 1-3 - Presentation

2. Table of Contents
1 –Title page 8 –Malcolm
2 –Table of Contents 9 –Duncan
3 –Macbeth 10 –Description Act 1-3
4 –Lady Macbeth 11 –Work Cited
5 –Banquo
6 –Witches
7 –Ross and Angus

3. Macbeth
• Known as warrior in play that has won honour from the king
because of his fights battlefield
• When Macbeth is talking to the witches he asks them questions of
the titles and how he will become king
• Macbeth is frustrated when he finds out that King Duncan wants to
pass the kingdom to his son Malcolm
• In Act 2 Macbeth talks to him self trying to make himself stronger in
order for him to kill
• Scene 2 is where he comes to his wife after killing King Duncan
• Macbeth has killed Banquo because witches had said
that when he is crowned they might try to kill him
and during Act 3 Macbeth is crowned but during the
dinner he questions himself of what he’s done
loosing his mind and then sees his friend Banquo
also when this is happening

4. Lady Macbeth
• In this play Lady Macbeth is the one who encourages Macbeth into
killing King Duncan at their own house
• Lady Macbeth goes from being a cold blooded cruel woman to
being a nervous, scared, sad and suicidal woman because of her
husbands actions which frightens her even after she was the one
who really forced him into it
• She wants Macbeth to have more because of Macbeth’s title Thane
of Cawdor shows she's selfish that she wants more

5. Banquo
• In this play when Banquo goes to meet the
witches they talk more about Macbeth but
after start to say that he is about equal
• In this play Banquo more of kind person who
gets killed by Macbeth who prays to evil spirits
because of he has learned from the witches
• During the scene of the dinner Banquo is
shown to Macbeth as a ghost

6. Witches
• Hecate was the leader of the witches there are
many different possibilities of names from
different versions of the play but these are the
other for the other witches: Stadin, Hoppo,
Puckle, Hellwain, Ursula, Glenda and Medea
• They show in the first act telling Macbeth and
Banquo about their future but they told
Macbeth that when he is crowned that
Banquo might try killing him

7. Ross & Angus
• Ross and Angus in this play are Banquo’s sons
who are supposed to be the children who will
be crowned told by the witches
• Banquo tells Macbeth that not true what
witches told him but once finds out talks to his
sons about it
• Macbeth murders Banquo’s family including
his sons after he is driven to it

8. Malcolm
• In this play Malcolm is the King Duncan’s son
who he wants to give his throne to
• They get murdered because of Macbeth’s rage
to get his spot as the king

9. Duncan
• Duncan is the one who announces what has
happened to Thane of Cawdor and insists on
giving the title to Macbeth
• Duncan is murdered by Macbeth in Macbeth’s
house because he was the king

10. Act 1-3 Description
• Starting scenes is when Banquo and Macbeth meet witches learn
about becoming kings
• Then after Macbeth fins out about Banquo and talks to him and
then murders his family
• Act 2 Macbeth tries to convince himself into killing King Duncan at
his home and then after does then goes to his wife
• The heirs were worried that they'd either be blamed for their
father's death or that the murderer would come after them next for
being the ones next in line for the throne
• In act 3 he is crowned then thinks to himself as a king of what he's
done and then after at the dinner he starts to loose his mind, about
his killings and starts seeing a ghost who was Banquo

11. Work Cited
• http://actorsshakespeare.blogspot.ca/2012_0
3_01_archive.html
• http://chelciejolene.wordpress.com/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/engli
sh/macbeth/witches/revision/1/
• http://wallpaperswide.com/black_drops_back
ground-wallpapers.html