Macbeth-Act 1 Summary

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What is the first thing that takes place in Act 1 scene 1?
three witches gather amidst thunder and lightning
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Where do they meet?
Scottish countryside
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Who do they plan to meet?
Macbeth
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When do the plan to meet Macbeth?
(quote)
when "the battle's lost and won"
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In Act 1 Scene 2, who arrives at King Duncans camp?
a wounded captain
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What does the wounded captain tell Duncan?
"brave Macbeth" fought well against forces
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Who led these forces?
Macdonald
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Who is Macdonald?
Thane of Cawdor
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Who was there also a fresh attack from?
the Norwegian troops
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Who fought them back?
Macbeth and Banquo
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What happens to Macdonald then?
he is stripped off his Thane of Cawdor title
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Who is this title passed onto?
Macbeth
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Where is the Captain then sent?
to be treated for his wounds
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What does the Norwegian King then do?
plead for a peace treaty
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What happens to The Thane of Cawdor now?
he is sentenced to death
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What does King Duncan then tell Ross to do?
greet Macbeth with the new title
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What happens in Act 1 Scene 3?
the witches meet on the heath
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Why do they meet on the heath?
to discuss what the have been doing
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What has one witch been doing?
killing pigs
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What has another witch been doing?
shipwrecking ships
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Who do they then hear approaching?
Macbeth and Banquo
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What do they then do?
cast a spell
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Then the men enter
How do the react and why?
they are shocked
due to the witches appearance
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What do the witches then hail Macbeth as?
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cawdor
King hereafter
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What does Banquo then do?
ask about his future
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What do the witches predict?
that Banquo will not be king but his children will
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What does Macbeth then demand to know?
How he will become Thane of Cawdor
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Why does he want to know this?
as there is already a Thane of Cawdor
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What do the witches then do?
disappear
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Who then arrives in the scene?
Ross
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What does he arrive with?
Macbeths new title
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What does Macbeth then consider?
becoming king and how Duncan will have to die for that to happen
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In Act 1 Scene 5, what does Duncan ask?
whether the Thane of Cawdor has been executed
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What was the response?
it was confirmed
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Who is Malcom?
Duncan's eldest son
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What is Malcom declared as?
heir to the throne
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What else is he also crowned as?
Prince of Cumberland
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Where does King Duncan then plan to go?
Macbeths castle
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Why does he want to go to Macbeths castle?
to celebrate victory
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Who does Macbeth the travel ahead to tell?
Lady Macbeth
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What does Macbeth then call Malcom?
"a step on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap to become king"
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In Act 1 Scene 5, who reads a letter?
Lady Macbeth
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Who is this letter from?
Macbeth
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Whats written in this letter?
all the events that have taken place
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What does Lady Macbeth fear about Macbeth?
that he is too cowardly to take the throne
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What does she want to use to get him crowned?
her ambition
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Who does she then pray to?
the spirits
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Why?
to make her capable of murder
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Macbeth then arrives.
What does she do to Macbeth?
plant murderous thoughts in him
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In Act 1 Scene 6, who arrives at Macbeth's castle?
Duncan and the Thanes
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How does Duncan feel bout Lady Macbeth?
he is delighted by the welcoming Lady Macbeth
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In Act 1 Scene 7, what is Macbeth struggling with?
his thoughts about killing Duncan
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What does he eventually decide?
against it
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What does this mean?
he will not kill King Duncan
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Who does Macbeth then tell?
Lady Macbeth
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How does she respond?
she mocks him and says he is not a man and is cowardly
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What does she then say if Macbeth asked her to do?
she would murder her own baby
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What does Lady Macbeth describe her plan as?
foolproof
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What does she plan to do to the guards?
drug them
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When will they attack Duncan?
at night
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What does Macbeth then decide to do?
kill the king
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When do the plan to meet Macbeth?
(quote)

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