Macbeth fights Against Uprisings

The Weird Sisters Present Prophecies, Claiming Macbeth Will be King

Duncan Names Macbeth Thane of Cawdor and Malcolm Crown Prince, Which Worries Macbeth

Lady Macbeth Starts Plotting After Hearing of the Witches Predictions

Duncan Stays at Macbeth's House

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Decide to Kill Duncan

"[A captain talking to Duncan about Macbeth and Banquo fighting Macdonwald and the Scottish king] If I say sooth, I must report they were as cannons overcharged with double cracks, So they douboly redoubled strokes upon the foe." (I.ii.36-38)

"All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis. All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shall be king hereafter! . . . Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings though thou shalt be none." (I.iii.49-51, 66-68)

"He [Duncan] bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor. . . For it is thine." (I.iii.107,109)

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"We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm. . . The prince of Cumberland" (I.iv.38-40)

"Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness. . . That I may pour my spirits in thine ear. . . Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts," (I.v.15-16, 25, 41-42)

"[Lady Macbeth to Duncan] Against those honors deep and broad wherewith Yoour majesty loads our house. For those of old, and the late dignites heaped to them" (I.vi.16-19)

"[Macbeth to Lady Macbeth] I am settled, and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat." (I.vii.79-80)