The novel of Macbeth by Shakespeare

1. Shakespeare’s
The Tragedy of
Macbeth
Group 1

2. The Rise
and Fall of
a Great
Man

3. Shakespeare’s Inspiration
Shakespeare got his idea
for Macbeth from
Raphael Holinshed’s
Chronicles, the most
popular book of British
history of Shakespeare's
days.

4. The Real Macbeth
• Macbeth was an 11th Century Scot who took the throne in
1040 after killing King Duncan I, his cousin, in a battle.
•The real Macbeth was believed to be a wise monarch who
reigned over Scotland for seventeen prosperous years.
•In 1057, King Duncan’s oldest son, Malcolm, ended
Macbeth’s reign by killing him in battle and assuming the
role as King Malcolm III.

5. Witchcraft in Shakespeare’s Day
◼ Many people believed in
the power of witches in
Shakespeare’s day,
especially King James I.
◼ King James became the
King of England in 1603.
Shakespeare knew very
well of King James’s
superstition. Therefore, he
wrote Macbeth, a play full
of elements of evil!

6. The Tragedy of Macbeth
◼ The action of the play
takes place in northern
Scotland and England.
◼ As The Tragedy of
Macbeth opens, the
Scottish army is battling
invading forces, and King
Duncan wants a victory.
◼ Macbeth was his army
general.

7. Main character
1. Macbeth: protagonist; ambitious army general in Scotland
2. Lady Macbeth: Wife of Macbeth
3. King Duncan: King of Scotland
4. Malcolm: Oldest son of King Duncan; Prince of Cumberland
5. Donalbain: Youngest son of King Duncan
6. Banquo: Army general; good, loyal friend of Macbeth
7. Macduff: Scottish nobleman and Lord of Fife; known for his
wisdom and integrity
8. Three Witches

8. Plot
◼ While crossing the stormy countryside after the battle,
Macbeth and Banquo encounter a trio of witches.
◼ The weird sisters make these predictions:
• Macbeth will earn noble titles.
• Banquo will produce a line of kings.
• Macbeth will be King of Scotland.
◼ Then, the witches vanish, and a messenger appears to tell
Macbeth that King Duncan has just given him a noble title.

9. All Macbeth can think about is the sisters’ final
prophecy …
And the thought that he might become king.

10. Macbeth said to his wife about witches'
prophecies.
◼ One day King Duncan decides to visit Macbeth’s
castle.

11. Lady Macbeth said to Macbeth that this is their chance,
and persuades him to kill the king that very night.
While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth killed him. And Lady
Macbeth frames Duncan's sleeping servants for the
murder by placing bloody daggers on them.

12. Duncan's sons Malcolm and Donalbain run away to
England and Ireland, fearing that whoever killed
Duncan desires their demise as well.
◼ Macbeth became a new King of Scotland as a kinsman of the
dead king.
◼ After that Macbeth reminded witches' third prophecy, that
Banquo will produce a line of kings.
◼ Macbeth wanted to kill Banquo and his young son, Fleance.
Macbeth hires men to kill them. The assassins succeed in
killing Banquo, but Fleance escapes.
◼ One day Macbeth saw Banquo’s ghost. So he decided to visit
witches.

13. The weird sisters again make these
prophecies :
1. He should beware Macduff.
2. No one born of woman
could kill him.
3. There is nothing to worry
until the woods move.

14. After that Macbeth orders to kill Macduff.
They couldn’t find Macduff, and killed whole his
family .
Macduff was in England visiting Malcolm, to
persuades him to take back the throne.
Malcolm agreed to return the throne, so they came to
Scotland with 10 000 solders. When English
soldiers came to Birnam Wood, they decided to cut
down and carry tree limbs to camouflage their
numbers.

15. Macbeth’s wife became mad by thinking about her guilt. She had
strange habit of sleepwalking and tries to wash off imaginary
blood from her hands. At last she committed a suicide.
◼ Macbeth sink into a deep and pessimistic despair and deliver
his "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" .
◼ By that time his was losing and most of his solders joined to
English army.
◼ When Macduff came to Macbeth there was a battle between
them. Macbeth said that No one born of woman could kill him.
Macduff said that he was "from his mother's womb /
Untimely ripp'd" (5.8.15–16), i.e., born by Caesarean section.
◼ Macbeth died from Macduff’s hand, Malcolm became a king.

17. ◼ Although Malcolm, and not
Fleance, was placed on the
throne, the witches' prophecy
concerning Banquo (Banquo
will produce a line of kings )
was known to the audience of
Shakespeare's time to be true.
◼ James VI of Scotland (later
also James I of England) was
known a progenies of Banquo.

18. Fascinating Fact
◼ The words blood and night (or forms of them,
such as bloody and tonight) occur more than
40 times each in Macbeth.
◼ Other commonly occurring words that help
maintain the mood of the play are terrible,
horrible, black, devil, and evil.

19. Thank you for your attention!