Macbeth

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ACT I Scene I. An open Place. Scene II. A Camp near Forres. Scene III. A heath. Scene IV. Forres. A Room in the Palace. Scene V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth’s Castle. Scene VI. The same. Before the Castle. Scene VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.…

Details

• AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
• SourceProject Gutenberg #1533
• Length16,883 words
• Chapters28
• DictionaryNot yet generated
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

28 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01MACBETH
2. 02Dramatis Personæ
3. 03SCENE I. An open Place.
4. 04SCENE II. A Camp near Forres.
5. 05SCENE III. A heath.
6. 06SCENE IV. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
7. 07SCENE V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth’s Castle.
8. 08SCENE VI. The same. Before the Castle.
9. 09SCENE VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.
10. 10SCENE I. Inverness. Court within the Castle.
11. 11SCENE II. The same.
12. 12SCENE III. The same.
13. 13SCENE IV. The same. Without the Castle.
14. 14SCENE I. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
15. 15SCENE IV. The same. A Room of state in the Palace.
16. 16SCENE V. The heath.
17. 17SCENE VI. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
18. 18SCENE I. A dark Cave. In the middle, a Cauldron Boiling.
19. 19SCENE II. Fife. A Room in Macduff’s Castle.
20. 20SCENE III. England. Before the King’s Palace.
21. 21SCENE I. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
22. 22SCENE II. The Country near Dunsinane.
23. 23SCENE III. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
24. 24SCENE IV. Country near Dunsinane: a Wood in view.
25. 25SCENE V. Dunsinane. Within the castle.
26. 26SCENE VI. The same. A Plain before the Castle.
27. 27SCENE VII. The same. Another part of the Plain.
28. 28SCENE VIII. The same. Another part of the field.

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