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)
King.
Words
475
Characters
2591
Typicality
0.41 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11954.31
BritDrama no.
1496
Cluster
Cluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
What bloody man is that? he can report, As seems by his plighted, of the Revolt The newest state. Oh valiant Cousin, worthy Gentlemen. Dismayed not this our Captains, Macbeth and Banquoh ? So well thy words become thee, as thy wounds, They smack of Honour both: Go get him Surgeons. Who comes here? Whence camest thou, worthy Thane? Great happiness. No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our Bosom interest: Go pronounce his present death, And with his former Title greet Macbeth. What he hath lost, Noble Macbeth hath won. Is execution done on Cawdor ? Or not those in Commission yet returned? There's no Art, To find the Minds construction in the Face: He was a Gentleman, on whom I built And absolute Trust. Oh worthiest Cousin, The sin of my Ingratitude even now Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before, That swiftest Wing of Recompense is slow, To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, That the proportion both of thanks, and payment, Might have been mine: only I have left to say, More is thy endue, then more then all can pay. Welcome hither: I have begun to plant thee, and will labour To make thee full of growing. Noble Banquo, That hast no less deserved, nor must be known No less to have done so: Let me enfold thee, And hold thee to my Heart. My plenteous Joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves In drops of sorrow. Sons, Kinsmen, Thanes, And you whose places are the nearest, know, We will establish our Estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter, The Prince of Cumberland: which Honour must Not unaccompanied, invest him only, But signs of Nobleness, Like Stars, shall shine On all deservers From hence to Envernes, And bind us further to you. My worthy Cawdor. True, worthy Banquo: he is full so valiant, And in his commendations, I am fed: It is a Banquet to me. Let's after him, Whose care is gone before, to bid us welcome: It is a peerless Kinsman. This Castle hath a pleasant seat, The air nimbly and sweetly recommends it self Unto our gentle senses. See, see, our honoured Hostess: The Love that follows us, sometime is our trouble, Which still we thank as Love. Herein I teach you, How you shall bid God-eyld us for your pains, And thank us for your trouble. Where's the Thane of Cawdor? We coursed him at the heals, and had a purpose To be his Purveyor: But he rides well, And his great Love (sharp as his Spur) hath help him To his home before us: Fair and Noble Hostess We are your guest to night. Give me your hand: Conduct me to mine Host we love him highly, And shall continue, our Graces towards him. By your leave Hostess.
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.