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Macbeth

William Shakespeare

When a Scottish general receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become king, his ambition ignites.

"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. When a Scottish general receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become king, his ambition ignites.

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Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Captain.

DUNCAN. What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state.

MALCOLM. This is the sergeant Who, like a good and hardy soldier, fought ’Gainst my captivity.—Hail, brave friend! Say to the King the knowledge of the broil As thou didst leave it.

SOLDIER. Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald (Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him) from the Western Isles Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied; And Fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling, Show’d like a rebel’s whore. But all’s too weak; For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), Disdaining Fortune, with his brandish’d steel, Which smok’d with bloody execution, Like Valour’s minion, carv’d out his passage, Till he fac’d the slave; Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chops, And fix’d his head upon our battlements.

DUNCAN. O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!

Contents

  1. 01Act I
  2. 02Scene I. An open Place.
  3. 03Scene II. A Camp near Forres.
  4. 04Scene III. A heath.
  5. 05Scene IV. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  6. 06Scene V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth’s Castle.
  7. 07Scene VI. The same. Before the Castle.
  8. 08Scene VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.
  9. 09Act II
  10. 10Scene I. Inverness. Court within the Castle.
  11. 11Scene II. The same.
  12. 12Scene III. The same.
  13. 13Scene IV. The same. Without the Castle.
  14. 14Act III
  15. 15Scene I. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  16. 16Scene II. The same. Another Room in the Palace.
  17. 17Scene III. The same. A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace.
  18. 18Scene IV. The same. A Room of state in the Palace.
  19. 19Scene V. The heath.
  20. 20Scene VI. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  21. 21Act IV
  22. 22Scene I. A dark Cave. In the middle, a Cauldron Boiling.
  23. 23Scene II. Fife. A Room in Macduff’s Castle.
  24. 24Scene III. England. Before the King’s Palace.
  25. 25Act V
  26. 26Scene I. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
  27. 27Scene II. The Country near Dunsinane.
  28. 28Scene III. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
  29. 29Scene IV. Country near Dunsinane: a Wood in view.
  30. 30Scene V. Dunsinane. Within the castle.
  31. 31Scene VI. The same. A Plain before the Castle.
  32. 32Scene VII. The same. Another part of the Plain.
  33. 33Scene VIII. The same. Another part of the field.

About this edition

Author
William Shakespeare
Era
Early modern (c. 1500–1800)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
133 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers