Timeline

Macbeth Character Development

  • Witches Tell Macbeth his Prophecy

    Witches Tell Macbeth his Prophecy
    "Thane of Glamis"
    "Thane of Cawdor"
    "Future King"
  • Macbeth's Political Ambition Grows

    Macbeth's Political Ambition Grows
    "If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me"
  • Lady Macbeth Further Tempts Macbeth

    Lady Macbeth Further Tempts Macbeth
    "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear
    And chastise with the valor of my tongue
    All that impedes thee from the golden round"
  • Macbeth Murders King Duncan

    Macbeth Murders King Duncan
    "I am settled, and bend up
    Each corporal agent to this terrible feat"
  • Macbeth is Consumed by Guilt

    Macbeth is Consumed by Guilt
    "Will all Great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
    Clean from my hand?"
  • Macbeth has Banquo Killed

    Macbeth has Banquo Killed
    "A deed of dreadful note"
  • Macbeth Dies in Battle

    Macbeth Dies in Battle
    "A tale,
    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    Signifying nothing"