Macbeth Chapter summaries

Act 1

Three witches appear out of a storm and decide to reunite in an open field after the battle is concluded, where they hope to …

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Act 2

Macbeth finds Banquo awake with his son, Fleance, and Banquo tells Macbeth of a dream he had about the three witches. …

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Act 3

Banquo prepares to go out riding and thinks out loud about the fulfillment of the prophecy made for Macbeth. He is …

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Act 4

The witches prepare a cauldron of spells as they pour in their hateful ingredients, but they are interrupted by the arrival …

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Act 5

A waiting-gentlewoman to the Queen brings a doctor to observe the Queen’s sleepwalking. She tells the doctor that the Queen …

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