Act 1 Scene 1-3

Act 1 Scenes 1-3
List of Characters who Appear
Witch 1
Witch 2
Witch 3
Duncan
Malcolm
Captain
Lennox
Ross
Banquo - Foil of Macbeth
Macbeth - Foil of Banquo


Summaries of Scenes
Scene 1 - Three witches are introduced as characters. They give at least one theme of the plot and that is all that is fair will be foul and vise-versa. They also say the plot in a vague way, so they are the intro/expostition.


Scene 2 - We fins out how very loyal, brave, and noble Macbeth is and how highly others think of him. Macbeth receive's an outcasted man's lands.


Scene 3 - The witches confront Macbeth and his dramatic foil, Banquo. They make 3 predictions about the future of Macbeth and Banquo, thus setting up the play.


-Macbeth is the tragic hero: What is going to cause him to fall? 

         -His ambition.