Duncan | king of scotland, a mild-mannered king. Murdered by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. |
Malcom | Duncan’s oldest son, was heir to the throne of Scotland. He flees to England after Duncan is murdered. His army of English and rebel defeat and kill Macbeth. He becomes kind. |
Macbeth | General of the kings army; wants to become king of Scotland. He kills Duncan to become king. He is then killed by Malcom. |
Banquo | General of the Kings army. Macbeths closest friend. Macbeth fears that he knows of him murdering Duncan, Macbeth arranges to have him murdered. His son is Fleance. |
Lady Macbeth | Wife of Macbeth. She plays with Macbeth’s courage to ensure that he will murder Duncan and become king. Fear and remorse eventually causes her to go mad. |
Macduff | A Scottish general who suspects Macbeth of murdering Duncan. After Macbeth has Macduff’s family murdered, Macduff swears vengeance and kills Macbeth. |
Donalbain | Duncans youngest son; he flees to Ireland after his father is murdered. |
Lennox | One of Duncans nobles, he accompanies Macbeth to the dead king’s chamber and suspicious of what he sees, he becomes fearful for Scotland. |
Ross | Noble, cousin of Macduff. He acts as a messenger, bringing good news of Macbeths military victory and bad news about Macduffs family. |
The three witches | Agents of fate who prophesy that Macbeth will become king of Scotland; they also predict his fall. aka. the weird sister. |
Porter | The keeper of Macbeth’s castle who drunkenly imagines that he is the keeper of Hell’s gate. |
Fleance | Banquo’s son, who manages to escape his father’s fate. |
Lady Macduff | killed by Macbeth, wife of Macduff. |
Characters in Macbeth
September 5, 2019