MACBETH

MACBETH

Royal Palace

Forres

Fife

Inverness

The Heath

Dunsinane

The Witches' Cave

Macbeth is constructed as a tragedy of the rise to power and its moral destruction. The locations are not simply settings: they represent internal states and stages of the protagonist's degeneration.

Key Characters: Macbeth, Banquo, the Three Witches. Narrative Turning Point:

• The prophecies announce that Macbeth will be king;
• Ambition grows;
• Inner conflict grows.

King Duncan's Court

Key Character: King Duncan Narrative Turning Point:

• Duncan names Malcom heir to the throne;
• Macbeth realizes he must "overcome" an obstacle.

Macbeth's Castle

Key Character: Lady MacbethCentral Narrative Turning Point:

• Lady Macbeth persuades her husband;
• Murder of Duncan.

Macbeth goes from hero to tyrant.

Narrative Turning Point:

• Macbeth arranges Banquo's murder;
• The ghost appears at the banquet.

Narrative Turning Point: New Prophecies

• No one "born of woman" can kill him;
• He will be invincible until the forest moves.

Macduff's Castel

Key Character: Macduff Narrativr Turning Point:

• Murder of Macduff's wife and children;
• Revenge becomes the driving force of the final action.

Final Fortress (Royal Hill: Dunsinane Hill)

Turning Points:

• Lady Macbeth goes mad;
• Macduff reveals that he was not "born of woman";
• Macbeth dies.

THE END