CSI assignment for Macbeth

A)Crime Scene Timeline 1. The Weird Sisters tell Macbeth about their prophecy predicting that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King. 2. The current Thane of Cawdor is found to be a traitor and he is captured and executed. His title is then given to Macbeth, thus fulfilling the first prophecy of the weird sisters.  3. Despite the witches prophecy that Macbeth will become king, King Duncan names his son Malcom heir to the throne. 4. Lady Macbeth receives and reads her husbands letter telling the news of the witches prophecies. She desperately wants these to come true. She vows to kill King Duncan. Upon Macbeth's arrival back home, Lady Macbeth and he begin to plot the King's demise, as they await the arrival of the King and his men.  5. King Duncan arrives at Macbeth's house. Macbeth and his wife pretend to be gracious hosts and make them feel welcome. 6. Lady Macbeth debates if she should just kill the King herself. Although she views her husband as ambitious, she doesn't think he has the mean streak to carry out the deed. Eventually, she convinces him to commit the murder and frame the guards for the crime. 7. The party at Macbeth's house takes place. The King and his guards become very drunk. Macbeth prepares to commit the murder. He hears his wife ring a bell, signaling the time to kill the King.  8. Macbeth meets with his wife in the courtyard after he has murdered the king. Lady Macbeth is relieved it is done but upset with Macbeth once she notices that he failed to leave the daggers used in the murder with the guards. She is angry that their plans to frame the guards has been ruined. She laments that she would have done the deed herself, but the King looked so much like her father that she could not bring herself to strike him. Lady Macbeth try's to convince her husband to return the daggers, but realizes that he is to cowardly. She takes the daggers back to the scene of the murder. She then rushes back to Macbeth and together they go to their bed chamber. They plan to avoid any blame by claiming to be asleep at the time of the murder.  9. The next morning, Macduff goes to wake the king but comes back reporting that he has been murdered. In a moment of over-whelming emotion, Macbeth admits to killing the guards. He defends his actions by  telling the others it was out of rage and loyalty to the king. Lady Macbeth faints in an attempt to distract Macduff from her husbands' outburst, and to prevent Macbeth from confessing too much and ruining their plans.  10. Malcom and Donalbain (King Duncan's sons) decide to flee the country for their own safety.  B) List of Likely Suspects: -Malcolm, the Kings son -The Kings guards -Lady Macbeth -Macbeth C) Crime Report       Initially our group felt overwhelmed by all of the possible suspects in King Duncan's murder.  After examine the details closely, we discovered that the murderer became quite obvious. Our first suspect was the King's son , Malcolm. We suspected him primarily  because he was recently named heir to his fathers throne. Thus, with his father dead, he would become the new king. This theory did not hold because as soon as Malcolm heard the news of the murder, he agreed with his brother to flee to separate countries. The brothers thought that anyone around them could be the murderer, perhaps after them next.       Our next suspects were the Kings guards. We thought perhaps they had became tired of the King and in an argument stabbed in. This would explain why they had blood smeared on them and the bloody daggers beside them. Their suicide disproves this theory because they could not gain any benefits from the King's death if they are also dead.      Our third suspect was Lady Macbeth. We thought perhaps she doubted her husband's courage to kill the King and decided to carry out the plan herself. She seemed to be the obvious  choice because of her great desire for the death of the King and her willingness to commit the crime. One line from the story proves that she could not have committed the murder. While arguing with her husband, she confesses that she was going to kill King Duncan but that his close resemblance to her father prevented her from finishing the deed.       After investigating all of these characters as suspects, we were eventually led to Macbeth. This is the character we believe to be guilty for murdering King Duncan. Macbeth  wanted to become King, and his wife convinced him that murdering King Duncan was the only way of achieving this. Macbeth and his wife devised a plan to murder the King after a party hosted in his honor, and let the blame fall on his guards. Macbeth made sure that the King and his entourage became drunk at the party, then crept into his room to stab him while he slept. Lady Macbeth left the murder weapons near the dead guards in order to frame them. Then both Macbeth and his wife went to their room, thinking that they had committed the perfect crime.