Act 1 Paragraph Summary

The Witches meet during a battle foretelling that they will meet again on the battlefield with MacBeth. King Duncan hears from a Bloody Captain that thanks to MacBeth and Banquo they have won the battle. The Bloody Captain later reports that there is a traitor among them, The Thane of Cawdor; he is sentences to his death. MacBeth and Banquo meet the three witches, on which they tell MacBeth that he will be Thane of Cawdor and then king. Banquo doesn't believe the witches and they tell him his fortune as well, that he will won't happy, but yet more happier. After the witches vanished Banquo warns MacBeth to not trust the witches, for they love to play with humans. Lady Macbeth gets a letter from MacBeth explaining the witches propchey. Lady MacBeth then says he is not good enough to be king and with her help and the dark spirits MacBeth will become king. Lady Macbeth hears that King Duncan is coming and Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth of their plan. They plan to kill Duncan and put the blame on his guards. Macbeth starts to have second thoughts but Lady Macbeth tells him to not become a coward. Become a man! Macbeth's spirits raise again and they proceed to go on with the plan.