Macbeth Act 1 Notes

*Quick lecture notes while Preston was talking

Act 1 Scene 1
-Macbeth is going to have a rise to power
-Fair is foul? Foul is fair?
-Weird back in the old day was future seekers
The sisters
Act 1 Scene 2
-The bloody captain proves exposition on Hamlet.
-Macbeth kills Mcdonwald and bloody captain praised him on that.
-Mcdonwald was lesser than him.
-Ross and Angus said that MacBeth was the traitor.
Act 1 Scene 3:
-He's reinforcing what the witches had said. Repetition on the word "do".
-Macbeths reaction to the witches proficey as he thought it was true. Banquel doesn't believe the witches proficey and not going to be supportive to anything the witches say.
Act 1 Scene 5:
-He doesn't refer them to witches he refers to them as sisters. He doesn't tell Lady Macbeth the whole truth. Macbeth wants to impress her in the letter. She says you wanna be the king? Well kill the king.
-She's not scared of the witches her goal and all she wants to do is kill the king
-Lady MacBeth is fearless
-Lady MacBeth to make her plan possible ( to kill the king) she needs to remove the the "lady" side of her and to cut me off of my conscience (which in the case she needs to not feel guilty)
-She coaches MacBeth into killing the king.
Act 1 Scene 7:
-The only reason he's thinking about killing King Duncan is his ego
-Lady MacBeth is telling MacBeth he's being a sissy. "Man up"
-Lady MacBeth is a crazy bitch.
- The dagger is a huge symbol in the play. The dagger symbolizes betrayal, violence and murder.