in Macbeth — Shakespeare, William; Middleton, Thomas, rev.
Metadata
Play
Macbeth
Author
Shakespeare, William; Middleton, Thomas, rev.
Year (catalogued)
1623
First performance
1606
Decade
1620s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
King's Men
Speech prefix(es)
3. | 3
Words
171
Characters
935
Typicality
0.31 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11954.31
BritDrama no.
1496
Cluster
Cluster 24 — Gods, cupids & celestial agents
Important excerpts
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Full speech
That will be ere the set of Sun. There to meet with Macbeth. Sister, where thou? And I another. A Drum, a Drum: Macbeth does come. All hail Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter. Hail. Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none: So all hail Macbeth, and Banquo. Macbeth. Hark, I hear Horses. Almost a mile: but he does usually, So all men do, from hence toth' Palace Gate Make it their Walk. It's he. Who did strike out the Light? There's but one down: the Son is fled. Harpier cries, it's time, it's time. Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf, Witches Mummey, Maw, and Gulf Of the ravined salt Sea shark: Root of Hemlock, dug in the dark: Liver of Blaspheming Jew, Gall of Goat, and Slips of Yew, Sliuer'd in the Moons Eclipse: ose of Turk, and Tartars lips: Finger of Birth-strangled Babe, Worser tch-deliuer'd by a Drab, Make the Gruel thick, and slab. Add thereto a Tigers Cauldron, For the Ingredience of our Caldron. We'll answer. Show.
Plot summary
Plot — Macbeth
With the aid of some treacherous noblemen, the Norwegians have attacked Scotland. In the ensuing battle, Macbeth is instrumental in expelling the invaders, and is created Thane of Cawdor. Before he learns of this honour, he is greeted with the title by three witches who tell him he is to be King; they also tell Banquo that, though he will not be King himself, his descendants will. King Duncan names his son Malcolm the heir apparent, and invites himself to Macbeth’s castle, where Macbeth murders him, abetted by his wife. The night is troubled by unnatural, portentous events. When the assassination is discovered, Malcolm and Donalbain flee the country; suspicion falls on them, and the succession on Macbeth. Macbeth is troubled by the witches’ prophecy about Banquo. He has Banquo murdered, but Fleance escapes; Banquo’s ghost then appears when Macbeth wishes him present at a feast. Hecate rebukes the witches for failing to involve her in their dealings with Macbeth. Disgraced after his failure to attend Macbeth’s feast, Macduff goes to England to rally military support against Macbeth, who has become an egregious tyrant. The witches show Macbeth three apparitions which warn him to beware of Macduff, but also assure him that he cannot be harmed by anybody born of a woman, and that he shall never be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane; he is also shown a vision confirming that Banquo’s heirs will rule Scotland. Learning of Macduff's defection, Macbeth has his wife and family killed; grief steels Macduff's resolve. Lady Macbeth begins sleepwalking, disintegrates psychologically, and dies, possibly by suicide. When the English army enters Scotland with Malcolm at its head, the thanes join it, but Macbeth puts his trust in the witches’ prophecies. They prove to have been misleading: the English army disguise their numbers by carrying branches from Birnam Wood as they advance on Dunsinane, and Macduff proves not to have been born of woman but prematurely ripped from his mother’s womb. Macduff kills Macbeth, and Malcolm is established as King of Scotland; he awards his thanes the new style of earls.