Macbeth

Shakespeare’s Macbeth Plot Summary The play is set in Scotland. When the play opens Scotland is at war with Norway.Duncanis King of Scotland and has two sons Malcolm and Donalbain. Macbeth is leading the Scottish army against Norway. Scotland is victorious. Macbeth meets three witches on the way home from the battle. Both he and Banquo another general greet the witches and hear certain prophecies from them. Macbeth is greeted by them as …

…and shield his reputation before the lords of Scotland. It is also loyalty, which causes her to faint when the murdered body of Duncan is found in order to prevent Macbeth from exposing his fear before the others. Both these characters have betrayed their own humanity by falling victims of evil, and both end up the ‘prey of wicked dreams.’ They are truly tragic figures who show in their lives how evil is totally self-destructive.