Scenes in Order Introduction

Mammoth Memory recommends that you remember all 29 scenes of Macbeth in order and which scenes are in which act. 

There are 5 acts in the Macbeth play. Associate each act 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 with a rhyme.

Act 1 = Bun

Act 2 = Shoe

Act 3 = Tree

Act 4 = Door

Act 5 = Hive

To memorise what's in each act, Mammoth Memory has summarised each scene in a couple of words.

Act 1, scene 1 - Witches GATHER.

Scene 2 - They are HEROES.

Scene 3 - Witches PROPHECIES.

Scene 4 - Duncan announces SUCCESSION.

Scene 5 - Lady Macbeth reads LETTER.

Scene 6 - King Duncan ARRIVES.

Scene 7 - Lady Macbeth PERSUADES.

Act 2, scene 1 - HALLUCINATES dagger.

Scene 2 - King Duncan MURDERED.

Scene 3 - DISCOVERY of murder.

Scene 4 - MACBETH KING.

Act 3, scene 1 - Macbeth PLOTS deaths.

Scene 2 - Macbeth feels GUILT.

Scene 3 - BANQUO KILLED.

Scene 4 - BANQUO'S GHOST.

Scene 5 - GODDESS WITCHCRAFT.

Scene 6 - Banquet GOSSIP.

Act 4, scene 1 - Witches APPARITIONS.

Scene 2 - Macduff's FAMILY SLAUGHTERED.

Scene 3 - Macduff vows REVENGE.

Act 5, Scene 1 - Lady Macbeth SLEEPWALKS.

Scene 2 - ARMY GATHERS.

Scene 3 - MACBETH CONFIDENT.

Scene 4 - CAMOUFLAGE.

Scene 5 - MACBETH PREPARES for battle.

Scene 6 - ATTACK begins.

Scene 7 - Siward's SON KILLED.

Scene 8 - MACBETH KILLED.

Scene 9 - MALCOLM KING.

On the following pages, starting with the Act number and the associated rhyming word, use this as a start of a story or journey that you can use to remember the scenes.

You can then practice writing down the keywords in the right order under the correct act headings in under 2 minutes. Do this at the start of the exam. Then what you have in front of you is the sequence of all the key events in the play in the right order, in the correct scenes. What you can then do is refer to specific events as they happen in specific scenes. You can also link earlier events to later events again saying which specific scenes those things happen in. All of these demonstrates a really excellent knowledge of the play.