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Pages in category "Characters in Macbeth" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Banquo; D.
Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth of Scotland and is derived largely from the account in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), a compilation of British history.
Macbeth is the central character in Macbeth. Influenced by the prophecies of three witches, he murders Duncan to take his place as king of Scotland. Lady Macbeth , wife to Macbeth, is a central character who conspires with her husband to murder Duncan. She later goes mad and dies, possibly through suicide.
The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology.
Macbeth is the title character of Macbeth who became king after defeating King Duncan; he is, however, portrayed as a usurper. Maecenas is a follower of Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra. For Marcus see (Marcus) Brutus, (Marcus Aurelius) Lepidus, and Mark, which is often interchangeable with Marcus. Malcolm is a son of Duncan that appears in the ...
Macbeth (character) Macduff (Macbeth) Macduff's son; Malcolm (Macbeth) Malvolio; William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke; Mercutio; Thomas Merke; William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Edmund Mortimer (rebel)
Characters in Macbeth (14 P) W. Works based on Macbeth (4 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Macbeth" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Macbeth was a favourite of the seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys, who saw the play on 5 November 1664 ("admirably acted"), 28 December 1666 ("most excellently acted"), ten days later on 7 January 1667 ("though I saw it lately, yet [it] appears a most excellent play in all respects"), on 19 April 1667 ("one of the best plays for a stage ...