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Macbeth takes place in Scotland. The country of Scotland is at war with the King of Norway.
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The King of Scotland, Duncan, gives his title “Thane of Cawdor” to Macbeth.
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*After the war Macbeth and Banquo run into 3 witches. The witches say that Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland, and for Banquo he will be the father of the kings.
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*Macbeth and Banquo meet two Nobel men Ross and Angus that title Macbeth as the Thane of Cawdor.
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*Macbeth and Banquo get together with Duncan and Duncan later invites himself to make a stop by Macbeth’s castle.
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- Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth about the new title and later hears news of Duncan’s arrival to the house.
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*From all the excitement Macbeth steers away from her nice fine lady side and planes a murder of Duncan.
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*Duncan Arrives at the Macbeth Castle and Lady Macbeth greets him alone while Macbeth is in his room contemplating the idea of getting rid of Duncan.
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*Lady Macbeth soon finds Macbeth himself in his room all alone thinking and talks him down about the murder she had planned.
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*Planning of murder: “they will kill him while his drunken bodyguards sleep, then plant incriminating evidence on the bodyguards. “
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*Macbeth comes in the murder room to fulfill his part in the plan of killing Duncan.
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*After the killing Lady Macbeth and Macbeth place the weapon on the body guards as previous planned. Macbeth starts hearing voices and having bad thoughts about the killing minutes after. Soon after his head is in the clear again he kills the body guards as well.
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- Macduff walks in and is the first to see Duncan’s death.
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*Duncan’s two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain find out about the death of their father and soon fled to England and Ireland.
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*Macbeth is crowned king of Scotland!
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*As Banquo is still supposed to be titled with the Father of King’s, Macbeth hires outsiders to kill Banquo and son Fleance without telling anyone (even Lady Macbeth).
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*Fleance escapes alive.
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*Soon after the killing of Banquo, Macbeth is at a dinner and sees a ghost of Banquo, turning him scared for life. The dinner soon ends for the insane behavior of Macbeth.
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*Lady Macbeth goes to the doctor to find out why she sleepwalks. While at the doctor Lady Macbeth admits her guilt and states that she cannot wash her hands clean of blood stains. The doctor later says that he cannot help her and there is no cure to be found.
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*The English army comes to the Macbeth Castle.
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- Young Siward battles one-on-one with Macbeth and states that he was not "of woman born" but was "untimely ripped. Macbeth wins the battle as Young Siward dies.
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- Malcolm is titled the new king of Scotland!
