Characters:
Duncan, King of Scotland
Malcolm: Duncan's son; heir to the thone.
Donalbain: Duncan's other son.
Macbeth: General in Duncan's army.
Banquo: Also Duncan's General; Macbeth's best friend.
Macduff, Lennox, Ross, Menteith, Angus and Caithness: Noblemen of Scotland.
Fleance: Son of Banquo
Siward: Earl of Northumberland (northernmost county of England), General of the English forces.
Young Siward: His son.
Seyton: an officer attending Macbeth
Boy: Macduff's son
An English Doctor, a Scotch Doctor, A Soldier, a Porter, and Old Man.
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
Gentlewoman attending Lady Macbeth
Hecate, and three witches *Most of the witches dialouge will be kept the same, since it is impossible to revert it into modern English without losing a lot of double meanings and foreshadowing. Things changed from the witches will be in italics. If you have a problem understanding what exactly they are saying, then e-mail me until I get up the Witches page for more info. Thanks.
Extras: Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants and Messengers.
Extras: Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants and Messengers.
The ghost of Banquo and other apparitions.
Scene: End of Act Four in England, rest of the play in Scotland, mostly at Macbeth's castle.
Act I
Scene: End of Act Four in England, rest of the play in Scotland, mostly at Macbeth's castle.
Act I
Scene 1: Scottish Moor. Thunder and Lightning
[Enter Three Witches]
Wi1: When shall we three meet again; In thunder, lightning or in rain?
Wi1: When shall we three meet again; In thunder, lightning or in rain?
Wi2: When the confusion is done, When the battles's lost and won.
Wi3: That will be ere the set of the sun.
Wi1: Where's the place?
Wi2: Upon the heath.
Wi3: There to meet with Macbeth.
Wi1: I come, Graymalkin!
All: Paddock calls:--anon.--
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
A1 S1 Vocab:
A1 S1 Vocab:
hurlyburly: Confusion.
anon: soon
A1 S1 Summary: Witches meet each other. They decide to meet again after the next battle, tomorrow, on the heath, to meet Macbeth, to mess around with him. Then, their guardian spirits (Graymalkin and Paddock) call them away, and they speak the first of many paradoxes in this play.
A1 S1 Summary: Witches meet each other. They decide to meet again after the next battle, tomorrow, on the heath, to meet Macbeth, to mess around with him. Then, their guardian spirits (Graymalkin and Paddock) call them away, and they speak the first of many paradoxes in this play.