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Thursday, April 10, 2014

ACT III READING NOTES & ANALYSIS

  • Banquo suspicious of Macbeth
  • Macbeth and Banquo have a conversation of their plans, this is when Macbeth finds out where Banquo is headed so he can send people to murder him
  • Rationalizes by saying that if he doesn't kill, he will be killed
  • Then Macbeth finds some people willing to kill Banquo and Fleance
  • Macbeth then reports to Lady Macbeth, but this time with a much stronger tone, implying that he  has taken charge of operations
  • Things move to Banquo where he is killed, but Fleance was able to escape
  • They report to Macbeth to tell them that half the job is done, Macbeth is mad because he has even bigger issues now that Fleance will seek vengeance
  • Macbeth then sees Banquo's ghost and decides to toast Banquo
  • Lady Macbeth insults Macbeth again and thinks he's crazy and not a man
  • The dinner party ends bad as guests get super freaked out
  • The witches make an appearance again, but this time with Hecate, the goddess of witches and come up with a plan to tell Macbeth
  • Things go worse for Macbeth as people start to connect the dots
  • Malcolm and Mcduff then are helped by King Edward of England to fight Macbeth

It looks like Macbeth's paranoia is getting to him. It's pretty evident that Macbeth is starting to lose it. This is very similar to Hamlet, but I think there is a huge difference between them, Hamlet was just pretending and Macbeth really actually is crazy. I mean he is sort of over thinking the witches prophecy by immediately labeling Banquo and company as enemies. It's weird how he could of not thought that when he dies of natural causes or something of that nature, then Banquo's family will take over. He also overreacted too much to the deaths of Duncan and Banquo, which was exposed by Malcolm and Mcduff. Macbeth is finally getting caught up to and things are just going to get worse in act IV

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