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Macbeth
by
William Shakespeare
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Summary
Act and Scene Summaries
Act and Scene Summaries
Act 1, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 5 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis
Act 1, Scene 7 Summary and Analysis
Act 2, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
Act 2, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
Act 2, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
Act 2, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 5 Summary and Analysis
Act 3, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis
Act 4, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
Act 4, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
Act 4, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scenes 1 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scenes 5 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 7 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 8 Summary and Analysis
Act 5, Scene 9 Summary and Analysis
Questions & Answers
Themes
Themes
Themes: All Themes
Themes: The Corrupting Effects of Ambition
Themes: Trust and Deceit
Themes: Supernatural Intervention in Human Affairs
Themes: Dynastic Succession
Themes: Ambition
Themes: Guilt
Themes: Fate
Themes: Appearance vs. Reality
Themes: Prophecy
Themes: Good vs. Evil
Themes: Supernatural
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Lady Macbeth
Banquo
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Macduff
Malcolm
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Short-Answer Quizzes
Short-Answer Quizzes: Act I
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Thane of Cawdor
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Plot
Act 1
Act 1, Scene 1
Act 1, Scene 2
Act 1, Scene 3
Act 1, Scene 4
Act 1, Scene 5
Act 1, Scene 6
Act 1, Scene 7
Act 2
Act 2, Scene 1
Act 2, Scene 2
Act 2, Scene 3
Act 2, Scene 4
Act 3
Act 3, Scene 1
Act 3, Scene 2
Act 3, Scene 3
Act 3, Scene 4
Act 3, Scene 5
Act 3, Scene 6
Act 4
Act 4, Scene 1
Act 4, Scene 2
Act 4, Scene 3
Act 5
Act 5, Scene 1
Act 5, Scene 3
Act 5, Scene 4
Act 5, Scene 5
Act 5, Scene 8
Duncan's Murder
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Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair
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Ambition
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King James I