Macbeth

Shakespeare's life

Elizabethan world view

Witches and witchcraft

Introduction to Macbeth - The major themes
   1. Good and evil
   2. Appearances often hide reality
   3. Reversal of values
   4. The overthrow of the natural order
   5. The effect of ambition on people
   6. The importance of loyalty and honour in a society

Glossary of terms

The play in pictures

The characters in the play

Act I
   Scene I (The heath)
   Scene II (A camp)
   Scene III (A heath)
   Scene IV (Forres. A room in the palace)
   Scene V (Inverness - A room in Macbeth's castle)
   Scene VI (Inverness - Before the castle)
   Scene VII (Inverness - A room in the palace)

ACT II
   Scene I (Inverness - A court within the castle)
   Scene II (Within the castle)
   Scene III (The same)
   Scene IV (Outside the castle)

ACT III
   Scene I (Forres. A room in the palace)
   Scene II (Forres. Another room)
   Scene III (Forres. A park, with a road leading to the palace)
   Scene IV (A room of state in the palace)
   Scene V (The heath)
   Scene VI (Forres. The palace)

ACT IV
   Scene I (A dark cave. In the middle, a boiling cauldron)
   Scene II (Fife. A room in Macduff's castle)
   Scene III (England. A room in the king's palace)

ACT V
   Scene I (Dunsinane. A room in the castle)
   Scene II (The country near Dunsinane)
   Scene III (Dunsinane. A room in the castle)
   Scene IV (The country near Dunsinane. A wood in view)
   Scene V (Dunsinane. Within the castle)
   Scene VI (A plain before the castle)
   Scene VII (Dunsinane. Another part of the plain)
   Scene VIII (Another part of the field)
   Scene IX (Within the castle)