TEODORO, ABEGAIL G.

- THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH- ENRICHING ACTIVITY 12-28-20

COMPLETE THE STORY MAP BELOW TO SHOW YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE

DRAMA.

MAJOR CHARCTERS:

-Macbeth
THE
CLIMAX:
-Lady Macbeth TRAGEDY OF 10. Macbeth murders Duncan,
-Macduff setting off a chain of evil deeds

-Three Witches
MACBETH that ultimately lead to his demise.

9. The struggle between self interest, 11. Macbeth hires

-Malcolm represented by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, three murderers to
and the interest of the nation, represented by kill Banquo and
-Banquo
Macduff and Malcolm. commits a series of
increasingly brutal
8. Lady Macbeth place the dagger beside the sleeping grooms. murders. Macbeth
7. Macbeth sees a bloody dagger before him. makes others think
he is insane by
6. Macbeth’s struggle to balance his ambition and his sense of
Banquo's ghost.
morality.
12. Macbeth meets the
5. Lady Macbeth goads Macbeth into agreeing to murder Weird Sisters a second
Duncan in order to seize the Crown. time. They tell him that
he will not be harmed by
4. Because of the prophecies, Macbeth any “one of woman
immediately fantasizes abiut murdering Duncan born.”
and become a king but pushes the thought away.
13. Macbeth murders the
3. After learning that the old Thane of Macduff family. Macduff
Cawdor is a traitor, Duncan has rewarded attempts to secure Malcolm's
Macbeth’s bravery on the battlefield by aid in helping kill Macbeth
making him Thane of Cawdor. and get his crown.

2. Macbeth and Banquo meet

the Weird Sisters, who
prophesize that Macbeth will
someday be King.
1. Generals Banquo and
Macbeth lead Duncan’s
army to victory over the
King of Norway.
SETTING:
Scotland
CONFLICT/S
-Macbeth’s struggle to
balance his ambition and
his sense of morality.
- The struggle between self
interest, represented by
Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth, and the interest
of the nation, represented
by Macduff and Malcolm.
RESOLUTION:
Macbeth was defeated by Macduff
and finally overthrown.
14. Macbeth meets Macduff on
the battlefield. Macduff reveals
that he was born by caeserian
section, and therefore in not
technically “of woman born.” He
kills Macbeth.
Malcolm is crowned King of
Scotland, thus restoring peace
and order to the realm.
AUTHOR’S THEME:
The destruction
wrought when ambition
or lust of power goes
unchecked by moral
constraints