macbeth by william shakespeare in english

He invites Banquo to this royal party as he was growing suspicious of his movements. Macbeth arranges a banquet party at the royal palace at Forres. Macbeth now becomes the King of Scotland as a kinsman of the dead king. Meanwhile, everyone believes that the two guards killed the King on orders of Malcolm and Donalbain who have now run away. Malcom and Donalbain (Duncan’s two sons) escape to England and Ireland out of fear that they may get killed too. Macbeth kills the King’s guards out of anger and protects himself from suspicion. The next morning, when Macduff and Lenox (two noblemen or lords) come, Macbeth has a conversation with Lenox while Macduff goes to awaken the King, and the murder is discovered. Lady Macbeth rebukes him for this and she herself goes to the crime scene to put the dagger back there. He is now overwhelmed with a sense of guilt and nervousness. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth kills him with a dagger and returns to his wife to give her the news.

In his nervousness, Macbeth gets a hallucination of a bloody dagger and hesitates to kill Duncan, but Lady Macbeth encourages him to proceed with the murder. They plan to make the two guards of the King drunk so that they can be accused of the murder. So, she advises Macbeth to murder Duncan on that very night. Lady Macbeth also wishes the kingship for her husband. Macbeth informs all these incidents to his wife, Lady Macbeth, by a letter in advance. When Macbeth and Banquo arrive at the royal palace, Duncan declares that he will spend the night at Macbeth’s castle at Inverness and dine with him. But he is uncertain because the King is still alive. Macbeth becomes excited on finding the prophecy of the witches coming true so soon. Ross and Angus (two Scottish noblemen) meet Macbeth and Banquo on the way to thank them and inform them the King’s decision to honour Macbeth with the title of “Thane of Cawdor”.

The witches also tell Banquo that he will never be the king but his heirs will be kings. The news of his new title is still unknown to Macbeth though. Meanwhile, the three witches greet Macbeth as the “Thane of Glamis” (his present title), “Thane of Cawdor” and “King hereafter”. He honours Macbeth with the title the “Thane of Cawdor” for his bravery. On learning that the “Thane of Cawdor” has betrayed Scotland and fought in favour of the Norwegian army, Duncan orders to kill him. The play opens in a foul atmosphere upon a desolate place where three witches plan to meet two Scottish Army generals, Macbeth and Banquo who are returning from a battle field after winning a war.ĭuncan, the Scottish King, hears the news of his two generals’ heroics. The Role of The Ghost in Hamlet by Shakespeare || Literature Act I

Macbeth by william shakespeare in english