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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

A warrior seduced by prophecy and ambition murders his king — then watches his world unravel. Shakespeare's darkest, fastest tragedy: blood, guilt, and the wages of unchecked power.

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Chapters
  1. Chapter 1Act 1, Scene 1 — A Desert Place
  2. Chapter 2Act 1, Scene 2 — A Camp near Forres
  3. Chapter 3Act 1, Scene 3 — A Heath
  4. Chapter 4Act 1, Scene 4 — Forres. A Room in the Palace
  5. Chapter 5Act 1, Scene 5 — Inverness. A Room in Macbeth's Castle
  6. Chapter 6Act 1, Scene 6 — Before the Castle
  7. Chapter 7Act 1, Scene 7 — A Lobby in the Castle
  8. Chapter 8Act 2, Scene 1 — Inverness. Court within the Castle
  9. Chapter 9Act 2, Scene 2 — Macbeth's Castle
  10. Chapter 10Act 2, Scene 3 — Macbeth's Castle
  11. Chapter 11Act 2, Scene 4 — Without the Castle
  12. Chapter 12Act 3, Scene 1 — Forres. A Room in the Palace
  13. Chapter 13Act 3, Scene 2 — Another Room in the Palace
  14. Chapter 14Act 3, Scene 3 — A Park, with a Gate Leading to the Palace
  15. Chapter 15Act 3, Scene 4 — A Room of State in the Palace
  16. Chapter 16Act 3, Scene 5 — The Heath
  17. Chapter 17Act 3, Scene 6 — Forres. A Room in the Palace
  18. Chapter 18Act 4, Scene 1 — A Dark Cave. In the Middle, a Cauldron Boiling
  19. Chapter 19Act 4, Scene 2 — Fife. A Room in Macduff's Castle
  20. Chapter 20Act 4, Scene 3 — England. Before the King's Palace
  21. Chapter 21Act 5, Scene 1 — Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle
  22. Chapter 22Act 5, Scene 2 — The Country near Dunsinane
  23. Chapter 23Act 5, Scene 3 — Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle
  24. Chapter 24Act 5, Scene 4 — Country near Dunsinane. A Wood in View
  25. Chapter 25Act 5, Scene 5 — Dunsinane. Within the Castle
  26. Chapter 26Act 5, Scene 6 — A Plain before the Castle
  27. Chapter 27Act 5, Scene 7 — Another Part of the Plain
  28. Chapter 28Act 5, Scene 8 — Another Part of the Field

Act 1, Scene 1 — A Desert Place

[Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches.]

FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

SECOND WITCH. When the hurlyburly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.

THIRD WITCH. That will be ere the set of sun.

FIRST WITCH. Where the place?

SECOND WITCH. Upon the heath.

THIRD WITCH. There to meet with Macbeth.

FIRST WITCH. I come, Graymalkin!

SECOND WITCH. Paddock calls.

THIRD WITCH. Anon.

ALL. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.

[Exeunt.]