1. Pick up a graphic novel and note page on your way in… Open textbook to page 215

2. Journal 1/25/16: Have you ever given in to temptation?
How do you personally decide what is good and what is evil?
What is the difference between greed and ambition?
Do you believe “you reap what you sow”?

3. Macbeth Cornell Notes One per act we read
Fold along the line – title the larger outside panel “Lecture Notes”. You will take notes on a variety of discussions we have throughout the act.
Small outside panel – title “characters”
On the inside – you will track events and character activity/choices.
Bottom of inside – you will summarize the act.

4. Macbeth: Act 1

5. Macbeth Game Plan 1/25 Scene 1 – Collections Pg. 215/ GN Pg. 2-4

7. Macbeth: brave general under Duncan who becomes too ambitious after three witches prophesy that he will be King of Scotland. He turns to evil, killing the King, the guards, Banquo, and others.
Macbeth dies at the hands of Macduff.
Lady Macbeth: vicious wife of Macbeth, even more ambitious than Macbeth. She convinces Macbeth to murder the King. Later, she becomes insane from her wrongdoings and sleepwalks. She dies.
Macduff: general, believes that Macbeth killed the King. His family is murdered by Macbeth; he later kills Macbeth.
Macbeth Characters

8. Banquo: Macbeth’s friend and general, suspected Macbeth of killing the King. He is killed by murderers sent by Macbeth, though his son escapes.
King Duncan: King of Scotland, murdered by Macbeth who was one of his generals whom he had just promoted.
Malcolm: Duncan’s eldest son, runs away to England after he learns of his father’s murder in order to escape the same fate. Becomes King of Scotland at the end of the play.
The three witches: They tell Macbeth that he is to become King, leading him to evil. They also tell him that he will be defeated, but they disguise it in a way as to give him false confidence.

9. Fleance: Banquo’s son, who survives Macbeth’s attempt to murder him
Fleance: Banquo’s son, who survives Macbeth’s attempt to murder him. At the end of the play, Fleance’s whereabouts are unknown. Presumably, he may come to rule Scotland, fulfilling the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s sons will sit on the Scottish throne.
Hecate: moon goddess and goddess of the witches, directs supernatural occurrences. Makes plan to give Macbeth false security.
Donalbain: Duncan’s youngest son, runs away to Ireland after he learns of his father’s murder in order to escape the same fate
Ross: Macduff’s cousin, messenger who carries news to people like Macbeth and Macduff throughout the play.
Lennox: nobleman, suspicious of the murder of the king

10. Seyton: Macbeth’s lieutenant.
Porter: watches Macbeth’s castle; when drunk, thought that he was the keeper of Hell’s Gates and that sinners were knocking at the door to be admitted.
Old Siward: Earl of Northumberland, ally of Malcolm and Macduff against Macbeth.
Young Siward: Old Siward’s son, killed by Macbeth in an encounter at the end of the play.
The Murderers: A group of ruffians conscripted by Macbeth to murder Banquo, Fleance (whom they fail to kill), and Macduff’s wife and children.
Lady Macduff: Macduff’s wife. The scene in her castle provides our only glimpse of a domestic realm other than that of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. She and her home serve as contrasts to Lady Macbeth and the hellish world of Inverness.