| Description | Character | Notable Quotes |
| Kills the tyrant at the end of the play; discovers that the King has been killed in Act II | |
| Hired by Macbeth to eliminate Banquo | |
| A bloody child; tells that none of woman born can harm Macbeth. | |
| Son of Banquo; escapes from murderers | |
| A Scottish lord; 'Now does he feel his secret murders sticking upon his hands...' | |
| A Scottish lord; his son is killed by Macbeth | |
| A Scottish lord; 'Meet we the medicine of the sickly weal/ And with him, pour we, in our country's purge, each drop of us.' | |
| Son of a Scottish nobleman; killed by Macbeth | |
| Urges her husband to commit murder; sleepwalks and finds imaginary blood on her hands in Act V | |
| Her husband runs to England; in his absence, she is killed | |
| A Scottish lord; serves Macbeth | |
| Attendant of Lady Macbeth; discusses her condition with a doctor | |
| Younger son of the king; flies to Ireland following his death | |
| Killed along with his mother | |
| Examines Lady Macbeth during the sleepwalking scene | |
| Goddess of magic; Mistress of the witches | |
| Captain and friend of Macbeth; Brutally murdered in Act III | |