Charting The Downfall of Macbeth

Use this table to chart the events which help characterize Macbeth
and impact his deterioration and downfall.
A minimum of 10 events (at least two per act)
Event/Situation Citation Effect on Macbeth Key Themes/Motifs
i.e. The witches give Act 1, Scene 3 At first, he is a little Ambition
Macbeth and Banquo perplexed, but the idea Supernatural
their prophecies has taken root

Macbeth orders Act 3, Scene 3 He starts to see Craziness

Banquo to be killed Banquo’s ghost and it Led by blindness
Act 1, Scene 7 makes him seem Hallucinations and
Macbeths wife insane.
Act 2, Scene 2 supernatural.
persuades him to kill
King Duncan