Duncan | King of Scotland; murdered by Macbeth, his cousin |
Macbeth | one of Duncan’s generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship |
Lady Macbeth | as ambitious as her husband; taunts Macbeth’s courage to insure he will murder Duncan |
Banquo | a general in Duncan’s army; Macbeth’s closest friend; murdered by Macbeth |
Macduff | Scottish General; suspects Macbeth of murdering Duncan; kills Macbeth |
Malcolm | Duncan’s eldest son; named as heir to the throne of Scotland; flees to England after Duncan is murdered |
Donalbain | Duncan’s youngest son; flees to Ireland after Duncan is murdered |
Lennox | one of Duncan’s nobles; sarcastic and fearful for the fat of Scotland |
Ross | Macduff’s cousin;acts as a messanger; brings good news about Macbeth’s milatary victory and bad news about Macduff’s family |
Old Siward | Earl of Northumberland; ally of Malcolm and Macduff |
Young Siward | Siward’s son; slain by Macbeth in hand-to-hand combat |
Seyton | Macbeths lieutenant |
Hecate | queen of the witches; directs the supernatural happenings and appreances of the mystical apparitions |
Witches | Supernalnatural agents of fate who prophesy the Macbeth will become King of Scotlan |
Porter | Keeper of Macbeth’s castle; drunkenly imagines he is the keeper of Hell’s Gate |
Macbeth Character List
July 19, 2019