Reading Notes Macbeth ACT 3

Act 3 Scene 1:

• Banquo giving credit to the witches about their prophecies
• Macbeth is king
• Macbeth insist that Banquo be at the feast....hmm? foreshadowing? 
• Macbeth fears Banquo b/c he is an honest man
• Macbeth will kill Banquo's sons
• Macbeth brainwashes the murder to think everything was Banquo's fault
• Macbeth goes into comparison of men and dogs, which ones are slow and fast etc 
• Macbeth wants Banquo and Fleance dead and plans his death with the 2 murders

Scene 2: 

• dialogue between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
• speaking of Banquo 
• Macbeth is a bit paranoid and acting afraid like a coward

Scene 3:

• Murder scene of Banquo and escape of Fleance 
• Cut of Banquo's head 
• Macbeth can't shake terrible/murderous images out of his head but has to act normal
• Things bad begun make strong themselves ill

Scene 4: 

• At the feast 
• The murders enter and tell Macbeth what has occurred
• Lady Macbeth taking charge at the feast....taking Macbeth's masculinity
• Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo 
• He sits in Macbeth's seat
• Attendants of feast do not know Banquo is dead...assumed he missed the feast for some pther reason
• Macbeth talking to the ghost
• Ghost vanishes
• The guest leave the feast and Macbeth is beyong paranoid and abnormal and obvious as can be
• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth sleep

Scene 5: 

• Witch and Hecate dialogue 
• Hecate disturbed b/c witches did not say anything about telling Macbeth his prophecies
• Hecate plans to trick Macbeth with more illusions
• And you all know, security is mortals' chiefest enemy

Scene 6:

• Dialogue between Lennox and Lord
• Not sure about Macbeth and want help from outside source/powers