The Story of Macbeth

Complete the plot summaries of Macbeth by using the words above each passage.

ACT 1 heath eldest Glamis Banquo servants daggers Cawdor castle Macbeth drugged father Malcolm Scotland King Lady Duncan unsure Norwegian witches

Three ______announce they will soon meet with ______. Macbeth and Banquo, generals on the side of Duncan the ______of Scotland, defeat the rebels led by Macdonwald and the Thane of Cawdor, and the ______King, Sweno, who is trying to invade ______. Duncan rewards Macbeth for his bravery by making him Thane of ______. The witches meet on the ______. They greet Macbeth as Thane of ______and Thane of Cawdor and say he will be king of Scotland. They tell ______he will ______kings. King Duncan says he will stay at Macbeth’s castle, and announces that his ______son, ______, will succeed him as king. Macbeth writes to ______Macbeth to tell her about the witches. She makes up her mind to get Macbeth to kill him. Macbeth is ______but is persuaded by his wife. ______and his followers arrive at Macbeth’s ______. Lady Macbeth decides to make sure that Duncan’s two ______are drunk and ______. Macbeth will then kill Duncan with their ______so they appear guilty.

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Macbeth prepares to kill ______. He thinks he sees a blood-covered ______leading him to Duncan’s room. Lady ______waits. Macbeth returns but has brought the daggers with him and is too ______to take them back. They hear ______at the gate. They leave to wash their ______hands and to change into ______. The drunken ______opens the gate and lets in Macduff and ______, two Scottish ______who have come early to attend Duncan. Macbeth arrives and ______goes to wake Duncan and discovers the ______. Macbeth kills the king’s two servants. Malcolm and ______are fearful for their own lives. Malcolm flees to ______and Donalbain to ______.

ACT 3 banquet witches Fleance Edward guests foul murderers Macduff Hecate wife Forres spies Banquo ghost Malcolm

Macbeth has been crowned King of Scotland. Banquo suspects ______play, and Macbeth worries because the witches predicted ______would be the father of kings. Macbeth hires ______to kill Banquo and his son ______. Banquo is killed but Fleance escapes. Macbeth holds a ______in the castle at ______. One of the murderers arrives and tells Macbeth the news. Macbeth sees the bloody ______of Banquo sitting in his place. His _____ tries to calm him but eventually the ______have to leave. Macbeth says he has ______in the homes of all the Scottish lords. He decides to visit the ______again. ______, the goddess of witches and magic, prepares for Macbeth’s return. ______goes to England to persuade the king, ______the Confessor, to fight Macbeth and put ______on the throne.

ACT 4 first eight Macbeth Scotland three Malcolm third family loyalty Macduff witches woman second Fife Ross Birnam

The ______and Hecate wait for Macbeth. ______arrives and demands they answer his questions. The witches produce ______apparitions to answer his questions. The ______apparition tells Macbeth to beware ______, the Thane of ______. The ______apparition tells him that he will never be defeated by anyone born of a ______. The ______apparition tells him that he will be safe until the forest of ______marches against him. Macbeth asks them if Banquo’s children will ever rule ______. The witches show him a procession of _____ kings who look like Banquo. Macbeth hires murderers to kill Macduff’s ______. In England, Macduff meets ______. Malcolm suspects Macduff could have been sent by Macbeth. He tests Macduff’s ______and finally trusts him. Malcolm says England is ready to march into Scotland. ______arrives to tell Macduff his family is dead.

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The ______army, with ______helpers, marches against Macbeth. They break down ______branches to hide their advance. Macbeth alternates between moods of great bravado and moods of great ______. Meanwhile, ______Macbeth has killed herself. The English _____ attack and young ______is killed by Macbeth. ______finds Macbeth, who ______and says he cannot be killed by any ______born of woman. Macduff reveals he was born by ______section. Macbeth is killed. ______is crowned King of Scotland.