It is thought to have been first performed in 1606.
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Macbeth ( / m ə k ˈ b ɛ θ/, full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches just after the murder of Duncan Banquo's ghost Macbeth duels Macduff and Macbeth. 1884 American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W.
Starting with… wiping out Macduff's entire family, especially his kids, since Macbeth doesn't ever want to see any little Macduffs running around.A poster for a c. Get your highlighter out because this next bit is important: Macbeth says that from now on, he's going to act immediately on whatever thought enters his mind: "From this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand." In other words, no more thinking and contemplating about the pros and cons of being bad – he's just going to do whatever the heck he feels like doing. Lennox tells Macbeth the news that Macduff has definitely run away to England, presumably to get some help for a rebellion. Enter Lennox to find a perplexed Macbeth. The witches do yet another song and dance routine and they vanish. The apparitions disappear and the witches tease Macbeth for looking horrible when he saw his future destruction. King James VI of Scotland) traced his lineage back to Banquo and, at his coronation ceremony in England (1603) James held two orbs (one representing England and one representing Scotland). Time for a History Snack: King James I of England (a.k.a. 
One of the kings in the mirror happens to be holding two orbs.
Macbeth is not pleased when he's shown a line of eight kings, the last of which holds a mirror that reflects on many more such kings. But again, to be on the safe side, he still asks if Banquo's children will ever rule the kingdom. Given all of this, Macbeth feels safe that he won't be conquered in the upcoming war. This seems about as unlikely as Macduff not being born of a woman. The child promises that Macbeth won't be conquered until Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane. The third apparition is a child wearing a crown and holding a tree in his hand. 
He welcomes this good but figures he might as well have Macduff killed anyway-you know, just to be sure.
So really Macbeth figures he has nothing to fear.
The second apparition is a bloody child who says that Macbeth won't be harmed by anyone who was "of woman born." Um, well.that's pretty much everyone, right? Including Macduff. First, an armed head warns him to beware of Macduff. The witches add some more ingredients to the cauldron, and then apparitions begin to appear, each addressing Macbeth. Macbeth says he has some more questions about his future and he wants some answers from the weird sisters, pronto. (Hmm.this reminds us of Act I, scene iii, where the witches say they're going to punish a sailor's wife by whipping up a nasty little storm for her husband, who is at sea.) Macbeth gives the witches some props for being able to control the weather and conjure crazy winds that batter churches, cause huge ocean waves to "swallow" ships, destroy crops, topple castles, and so on. (So does a Ray Bradbury novel and cinematic adaptation, but not for another few centuries.) Not surprisingly, Macbeth promptly follows. After Hecate exits, the Second With announces "something wicked this way comes." Hecate enters, pleased with the witches' more serious approach this time around. On a dark and stormy night, the three witches are hanging out in a cave roasting marshmallows and chanting spells around a boiling cauldron, into which they cast all sorts of nasty bits, from lizard's leg to the finger of stillborn baby.
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