Macbeth Timeline

Macbeth Timeline

Macbeths fall will be caused by his paranoia and guilt. The guilt building from the murders and the hauntings. But his rise will be from faith and the chance to become a better person.

MACBETH'S RISE AND FALL

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Act 5

Act 3

Act 1

Macbeth is haunted by visions of Banquo’s ghost and seems terrified. Lady Macbeth tells the thanes that Macbeth is ill and that they should leave as it ‘grows worse and worse’. Macbeth is still fearful that ‘blood will have blood’ and begins to worry about Macduff’s loyalty.

King Duncan arrives at the castle. Macbeth worries about whether he should go through with the ‘horrid deed’ but Lady Macbeth convinces him to ‘screw’ his courage ‘to the sticking place' and murder Duncan

Macduff presents Macbeth’s severed head to Malcolm as proof that he has killed the tyrant. He hails Malcolm as the new King of Scotland.

Act 2

Act 4

Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncan’s sons, decide to flee Scotland for their safety and, because they are ‘stol’n away and fled’, they are suspected of murdering the king. It is announced that Macbeth will be the new king.

Macduff has gone to England to convince Duncan’s son Malcolm to return to Scotland to fight against Macbeth. News reaches Macduff that Macbeth has ‘savagely slaughter’d’ his wife and children and Macduff vows to avenge them.

Macbeth Timeline - Full Explanation

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#3

Allowing all these terrible thoughts take over his actions allowed him to be murdered himself.

Suspected of being a murder can show what a person has to do to save theirself from the physic torture. Becoming as what seems to be a monster, macbeths only act is to run and hide from it.

#1

macbeth being married to a manipulative person can really damage and alter a persons thoughts and actions. Due to the fact that he has a person whos pushing bad actions really allows for more room to become a worse person.

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#2

From all the past torture and bad choices that MAcbeth has made allows him to reach true potential by creating mass murder. Murdering peoples families has led him to be a hated man.

Reimagining things that have happened during a horrible choice in someones life can alter how they choose things in the future. Macbeth having a bad image in his head only makes his actions worse because of how torturing it is to be in that spot.