Act+Three

Macbeth: Macbeth decides that he wants to kill Banquo because he has a feeling that Banquo and his son Fleance have a plan to take his new King position from underneith him. Banquo then has stated that he must leave the kingdom area because if what the witches said to Macbeth was true, then Banquo's fate is true for himself. Macbeth then orders his two murderers to kill Banquo and his son while they are away from the Palace so it doesn't look so obvious that Macbeth is trying to protect himself and his new kingdom-ship. Will Macbeth draw all of his friends away from him seems how he keeps murdering all of them? "It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight, If find heaven,must find it out tonight" (lll,i,161-2) - Kirby A.

sweeter welcome." (III. i. 44) Banquo comes home later in the afternoon with Fleance and Banquo gets brutally murdered. - //Jill S.//
 * Banquo:** Banquo thinks about what the Weird sisters say to Macbeth and gets invited to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's banquet and tells Macbeth he will go after he goes for a ride. I wonder if Banquo is trying to escape his thoughts of Macbeth becoming the kind and if he is jealous of his new authority. Maybe he would be plotting Mabeth's muder, but Shakespeare resists from telling us this? Yet another mystery. He has no idea that Macbeth is plotting his murder. "Let every man be master to his time till seven at night. To make society a
 * Lady Macbeth**: So, from the second scene there's a new kind of side to her. She's much less hostile. "Naught's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Then by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." (3.2.6-9) It seems like she's saying she'd rather be Banquo or Duncan, and be dead and out of the mess that they're in, then to sit around and pretend to be really happy, when all shes feeling is guilt and shame from her husband. While Macbeth's character has changed, going from kind to hostile, Lady Macbeth's character has done just the opposite. She's ready for all the killing to stop & the third act made this aparent. She's no longer putting her faith in her husband as he throws fits of mental instability and chooses to kill faithful friends. Macbeth has taken the Witch's words far too seriously, and even though Lady Macbeth wants power, she doesn't want it bad enough to be waiting around when it all comes crashing down and Macbeth gets caught for everything he's done. -Meri :)

-Brittany W.
 * First Second and Third Murderers:** These characters are not shown alot throughout the act, but their role in it is extreame and very important. Macbeth talks his way and persuades these three men to kill Banquo. ("Know That it was he, in the times past, which held you So under fortune, which you thought had been Our innocent self." III, i, 79-81) (" Both of you Know Banquo was your enemy." III, i, 118-119) He picks men who are angery with Banquo and who are willing to do anything to kill him. (" I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world, Have so incensed that I am reckless what, I do to spite the world." III, i, 110-113) They do end up following through with what Macbeth tells them to do. ( "Well, let's away and say how much is done." III, iii, 25)

In act three, Macbeth becomes obsessive with protecting his crown, and tries to kill anyone that would possobly take it away from him. He kills Banquo and tries to kill Banquo's son and fails. Macbeth has a banquet, and someone not on the guest list shows up. SUPRISE, its Banquo's ghost! "The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mock'ry, hence!"(III,IV,128) Macbeth screams and complains and goes insane. Lady Macbeth tries to make excuses fore her husband, but to everyone else in the room he is a complete nut job.- Angus Y.

Banquo’s Murder vs. those of Duncan and his chamberlains:
When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth first began to conspire to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth was completely at the head of the proceedings. She planned all of it and she convinced Macbeth to go along with it. Also, Macbeth himself committed the murder of the King. After his death was discovered and Macbeth was told, he killed Duncan’s chamberlains in order to cover his own trail. Through the king’s death, Macbeth became king of Scotland. After being king for a period, Macbeth began to become insanely paranoid and worried - perhaps correctly - that Banquo and his son would usurp his power. Because of this fear, he organizes Banquo’s murder. The roles of he and his wife are switched, in that she basically tries to talk him out of it and his ‘ambition’ drives him on. In the actual murder itself, Macbeth’s new status is shown by the fact that he does not commit the murder himself, but rather hires those lesser than him to do it. So, as Macbeth gains power he gains ambition, paranoia and tenacity. - Emily R.

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Act Three is a major character swap here, made clear in the earliest parts of the act. As Macbeth discusses his paranoia, and his need to kill Banquo, Lady Macbeth tries to encourage him otherwise, to "be bright and jovial among your guests tonight"(III, ii, 31-32) Throughout the act she demonstrates her uncertainty with the situation, her regret as Macbeth's greed for power grows. With it, so does his loss of sanity. He sees a ghost at the banquet in scene four and begins talking and yelling at it, as Lady Macbeth defends him and claims he has had a condition that causes such things since a young age. This further demonstrates the switch of roles as Lady Macbeth becomes more docile and Macbeth becomes more violent. Kirsten U.

She was like a devil. She was mad that they killed Banquo without her knowing. And shw was upset that they went through Macbeth to kill Banquo. But then she got use to or was more or less ok with the fact that they killed banquo. Kayla B
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In act three, one of the main events taking place is that Macbeth is planning to murder banquo to make sure the him nor his son interfere with him becoming the new heirs to the throne. Its a little interesting to see how Macbeths character has changed throughout the play because in the beginning when he was about to murder Duncan he was really questioning if he should or not, and Lady Macbeth was the drive behind him, motivating him to follow through with his orignal plan to kill him. However this time when it comes time to kill banquo macbeth is deffinatly the one who is ready to do whatever it takes to become king.
 * Macbeth:**

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