Act 3 scene 1, 2 and 3

“there shall be done a deed of dreadful note” Macbeth speaks to Lady Macbeth, The dead of dreadful note is him killing his best friend and losing things in his life which are very important. With Killing Banquo his close friend he is losing a string of humanity. He is slowly going into more and more evil and falling down the spiral.

Scene 3

Horses are referenced in this scene a lot and Shakespeare has been smart about how he brings them in. Obviously horses can not be shown on stage because they are would not fit so he has to use words to show them. In different takes on this play, people may have chosen to make horse sounds or clacking sounds in the background. The three murderers wait until Banquo and Fleance are on foot before they attack. another use of pathetic fallacy is Banquo’s line ” It will be rain tonight” This is a simple direction to the audience that something is going down. Banquo is killed but Fleance manages to escape. This is an issue because Fleance now knows someone killed his father and Macbeth is still in danger of Fleance becoming king. “well, let’s away, and say how much is done” The murderers only completed half the job which I do not believe Macbeth will be satisfied with.

Scene 4

MACBETH

MACBETH

 I shall mingle and play the humble host. 

Lady Macbeth will sit in her chair until

            I request her

LADY MACBETH

Say hi to all the guests as they are welcome

First Murderer appears at the door

MACBETH

They respond with their thanks and

I shall sit in the middle and be happy

 and have a toast.

           Approaching the face.

There’s blood on your face

First Murderer

It’s Banquo’s

MACBETH

It’s better on you than inside him.

First Murderer

I killed him, my lord,

MACBETH

You are the best at murdering, and the one who murdered Fleance must be good also, but if you murdered him to then you are the best. 

First Murderer

Most royal sir,

Fleance escaped.

MACBETH

Now I’m scared again and if this had worked I would have been perfect,  

But now I am all tangled up with doubts and fears, But Banquo’s dead?

First Murderer

yes, my good lord, he is dead in a ditch 

with twenty gashes on his head. 

MACBETH

Thanks for that:

Macbeth lays dead; But Fleance fled, Right now he does not have enough power to do anything but over time he will gain it.

Hath nature that in time will venom breed, I will see you tomorrow.

          Exit Murderer

LADY MACBETH

My royal lord, you are not entertaining the guests 

They need to know they are welcome,

 because if they just want to eat it is best to do that at home

There needs to be a little more ceremony

MACBETH

Thanks for reminding me!

Since good digestion needs a good appetite which means both of them, good health

Cheers 

LENNOX

          Why don’t you have a seat, your highness?

The GHOST OF BANQUO enters and sits in MACBETH’s place

MACBETH

We would have all the nobles in Scotland under one roof if Banquo was here. 

I hope he is late not something bad happened to him.     

ROSS

His absence means he has broken his promise sir, please sit down.

MACBETH

The table’s full.

LENNOX

Here’s an empty seat sir.

MACBETH

Where?

LENNOX

Here, my good lord. What’s wrong, your highness?

MACBETH

Which of you has done this?

Lords

What, my good lord?

MACBETH

           You cannot say I did it. Don’t shake your head at me.

ROSS

Gentlemen, rise: his highness is not well.

LADY MACBETH

Sit down, friends

My husband is often like this,

And has been since he was young 

Stay seated

His fit is momentary

He will be well again if you pay too much attention to him,

You shall offend him and extend his anger:

Eat and don’t pay attention to him

 Are you a man?

MACBETH

          Yes, and a brave one.  I have seen something worse than the devil

LADY MACBETH

Nonsense!

This is just your imagination

Like the air-drawn dagger you said,

led you to Duncan.

These don’t look like real fear

 Looks like what a woman would do if her grandma was reading her a scary story 

Shame on you!

Why are you making those faces? 

When it is over you’ll look like a fool

MACBETH

Look over there. ( to the ghost ) what do you want? What do you have to say? If the dead can return from their grave what’s to stop the bird from eating the bodies. So what is the point on burying them?

GHOST OF BANQUO vanishes

LADY MACBETH

What, has you foolish fear paralyzed you?

MACBETH

If I’m standing here then I saw him.

LADY MACBETH

Nonsense!

MACBETH

In ancient times, before there were laws to make the land safe and peaceful, there was a lot of bloodshed. And since then there have been a lot of murders too awful to talk about. It used to be that if you killed a man he would just die, and that would be it but now they rise from the dead to push us off our stools which is even stranger than murder.

LADY MACBETH

My king,

Your noble friends miss your company

MACBETH

( to the guests ) I forgot about them.

Don’t worry about me my friends, I have a strange order which doesn’t shock those who know me well anymore. Let’s raise a toast to love and health and a toast to our friend Banquo. I wish he was here! Let’s drink to everyone here. And to Banquo

Lords

Our duties, and the pledge.

Re-enter GHOST OF BANQUO

MACBETH

 Go and get out of my sight! Go back in your grave 

There is no marrow in your bones and your blood is cold. you are staring at me with eyes that cannot see. 

LADY MACBETH

Good friends, 

Think of this as something normal

Although it is spoiling the fun of tonight

MACBETH

I am brave like any other man

Approach me like the rugged Russian bear,

or an armoured rhinoceros, or the mighty tiger;

Take any shape apart from the one you are now 

And I will never tremble in fear

Or come back to life

And challenge me to a duel with my sword;

If tremble with fear then call me a baby girl.

Get out of here you hallucination

Get out

GHOST OF BANQUO vanishes

I am a man again becauses the ghost is gone so please stay seated

LADY MACBETH

You have ruined the fun and disrupted the good meeting 

By making a fool of yourself

MACBETH

Can things happen so quickly ,

And make us feel astonished?

You make me feel like I don’t know myself

When I see you looking at terrible sights 

Yet keep a straight face 

While mine is filled with fear.

ROSS

What sights, my lord?

LADY MACBETH

Please do not speak to him

He is getting worse and worse;

Questions enrages him so please leave

There is no need to leave in the order of your rank just go at once

LENNOX

Good night; I hope the king recovers soon.

LADY MACBETH

A kind good night to everyone!

Exeunt all but MACBETH and LADY MACBETH

MACBETH

There is an old saying that goes  blood will have blood:

Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;

Too bring guilty men to justice

By magpies and other creatures have exposed

some murderers. 

What is the time of the night?

LADY MACBETH

It is almost morning,

Although you cannot tell whether it is morning or night

MACBETH

What do you think about Macduff not coming when I command him?

LADY MACBETH

Did you send for him, sir?

MACBETH

I heard of this before, but I will send for him. 

In every lords house, I have a servant spying for me.

Tomorrow, while it’s still early,

I will go see the witches. They will tell me more, because I am determined to now the words of what will happen. My safety is the only important thing right now. I have waded so far into this blood that it would be just as hard to go back as to keep on killing people. I have some plans that I am going to put into action. But I must do these before I think about them to much.

LADY MACBETH

You haven’t slept.

MACBETH

          Yes, lets go to sleep. My strange and self-delusions

           just come from inexperience,

We are still learning about crime

Exeunt