Scene-by-Scene Synopsis (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Who meet Macbeth in stormy setting (Act 1 Scene 1)
Who meet Macbeth in stormy setting (Act 1 Scene 1)
Three witches
Title Duncan gives Macbeth as reward
Title Duncan gives Macbeth as reward
Thane of Cawdor
3 titles witches greet Macbeth with
3 titles witches greet Macbeth with
Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, future king
Witches' prophecy about Banquo's descendants
Witches' prophecy about Banquo's descendants
They will be kings
Duncan's named heir (Act 1 Scene 4)
Duncan's named heir (Act 1 Scene 4)
Malcolm
What Lady Macbeth and Macbeth plot (Act 1 Scene 5)
What Lady Macbeth and Macbeth plot (Act 1 Scene 5)
To murder Duncan
What Macbeth hallucinates before murder
What Macbeth hallucinates before murder
Bloody dagger
Duncan's sons who flee after his death
Duncan's sons who flee after his death
Malcolm and Donalbain
Who Macbeth hires murderers to kill (Act 3)
Who Macbeth hires murderers to kill (Act 3)
Banquo and his son Fleance
Who escapes the murderers in Act 3 Scene 3
Who escapes the murderers in Act 3 Scene 3
Fleance
Vision Macbeth sees at banquet
Vision Macbeth sees at banquet
Banquo's ghost
1st apparition's warning to Macbeth
1st apparition's warning to Macbeth
Beware Macduff
2nd prophecy: who can harm Macbeth
2nd prophecy: who can harm Macbeth
No man born of a woman
When Macbeth will be vanquished (3rd prophecy)
When Macbeth will be vanquished (3rd prophecy)
When Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane
How Macduff was born
How Macduff was born
Caesarean section