Act 3 Scene 1 # 2,3 and 5

2- According to Bardley, Banquo was a silent accomplice of Macbeth and I agree with him because he did nothing to accuse Macbeth of murdering the king. Banquo has become an accessory to the murder because, out of ambition, he has kept silent about the witches and refrained from exposing Macbeth.

3- Reasons that Macbeth offers as to why Banquo must be killed are: Banquo is a honorable, noble and courageous , so Macbeth fears that his “royalty of nature” will pose a threat to him; Macbeth is angry that he destroyed his own peace of mind to become a king and that everything he has done will be to make Banquo’s children king. Macbeth is feeling fear because of witches prophecy that could come true, he is angry because all he did is not enough to be father to a line of kings but he is feeling confident on killing Banquo.

5- Macbeth is now king of Scotland so he hires two murderers to kill Banquo, while Duncan’s murder was planned by him and Lady Macbeth. This shows that Macbeth has now become more comfortable in his role of murder. He don’t need comfort by his wife. He has became more confident on killing Banquo than he was when Duncan was murdered.

Act 3 Scene 2 # 1

1- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are not happy because attaining the throne has not resulted in their peace of mind. They are now worried about Banquo and Fleance after Duncan’s murder. Lady Macbeth in this scene is not as strong as Macbeth, she is starting to feel guilty about Duncan and worries about Macbeth, who, in order to keep power built by violence, wants to do more violence.

Act 3 Scene 4 # 1 and 4

1- The various “defeats” suffer by Macbeth are: humiliation in front of his guests; his ambition and guilt combined in an episode of hallucination in which he sees the ghost of Banquo who he just had murdered. He fears from Banquo’s ghost, he has guilt of Duncan’s murder and he has panic of Fleance’s escape.

4- At the banquet Macbeth act like he saw someone. It didn’t seem real to nobody  but his reaction was unexpected from all the guests including me. He was asking where to sit at the table that was so weird that he didn’t even recognize his position. Lady Macbeth seems to recall his husband from his thoughts and hallucinations. I think she was angry at him, but she was doing her part of a “queen”. In that moment looked like Lady Macbeth was more conscious and a better guide than Macbeth who wasn’t even “a man” in this scene and was losing all his respect of a king.

Act 3 Scene 5 #1

1- Hecate’s speech reveal that she is seen as the queen of the witches so she knows more about Macbeth than the Weird Sisters. She also reveals that Macbeth’s belief that he is untouchable will ultimately result in his downfall.

Act 3 Scene 6 # 2, 3 and 4

2- The Lord reveal that Macduff has joined Malcom in England, to fight against Macbeth, the tyrant.

3- I think Macbeth’s next victim will be Macduff because Lennox hints at his belief that Macbeth is responsible for the king and Banquo. This foreshadows that Macbeth is now on his way to eliminate who stands between him and his throne. He murdered Banquo and Duncan for political power so Macduff or Malcom could be the next victims

4-The dramatic purpose of this short scene signals shifting loyalty among Macbeth’s acquaintances and friends and their awareness that their “suffering country” is “Under a hand accursed!”.

Scene 1: # 1-3

1- The atmosphere created through the use of this device is dark with images that speak strongly of deth. I can think of some movies that pay attention to the use of pathetic fallacy: “The Lion King” where the battle between Scar and Simba is accompanied by lightening, rain and fire. “Holes” a novel by American writer Louis Sachar, the film part of chapter 29 begins with “ There was a change in the weather. For the worse”.

2- The scene between Banquo and Macbeth serve the audience to understand the diverging of the characters. Macbeth and Banquo were both noble first but now Macbeth is plotting Duncan’s murder and even lying to his best friend. Banquo is still loyal but he is suspicious of Macbeth. Macbeth lies “I think not of them” (2.1.26), refereed to the Weird Sisters. Macbeth started to talk about the Weird Sisters, that means he want to talk about their prophecies (2.1.31-32). Banquo didn’t ask him about all this and the talk is over when he says “So I lose none In seeking to argument , but still keep…..” (2.1.33-36), which means “I know what you have in mind, and I want no part of it”. This make Banquo suspicious of Macbeth

3- When Macbeth makes his way to Duncan’s chambers he is having an hallucination of a “floating dagger” before him. His state of mind is one in which his hold of rationality has abandoned him.

Scene 2 #1, 3, and 4

1. While Macbeth is out to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth seems to be nervous and afraid of being caught. She talks about how its a foolproof plan, and that it shouldn’t be ruined, however has some doubt that Macbeth will be caught hovering over Duncan’s body. Also, at first, Lady Macbeth agrees to kill Duncan, but then refuses to carry out the deed, showing that she is not as strong as she believes herself to be. She warns Macbeth not to think too deeply about their deeds as it will make them mad. ” These deeds must not be thought. After these ways. So, it will made us mad.” (2.2.41-42)

3- Due to Macbeth hesitance to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth decided to carry out the deed herself but then later she changes her mind. This is because sleeping Duncan looks like her father, and killing him would make her carry guilt for the rest of her life. If he hadn’t resembled her father’s face, she would kill him. She carries herself with a ruthless and heartless demeanor but this shows that she has a conscious.

4- At the end of Act 2, scene 2, Macbeth feels guilt, remorse, nervousness and fear. He shows this by saying he hears a voice cry “Sleep no more!”. (2.2.50) He also goes on about the knocking at the door, and hopes it will awake Duncan. He’s afraid to go back to leave the daggers, saying “I’ll go no more. I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on it again I dare not.” (2.2.60-63) This shows that he feels guilt and remorse towards the killing of Duncan.

Scene 3, #3

3- In this scene, Lady Macbeth takes center stage to divert the attention away from herself and Macbeth. She acts clueless, pretending not to know what has happened and where. “Woe, alas! What, in our house?” (2.3.91-92). This shows that Lady Macbeth is ambitious and cunning, knowing to play her part as her husband may still be in an unstable mental state. She continues this charade when she faints. I believe her to be faking this because she may be feeling as though Macbeth isn’t as strong as she is, and may slip up when talking to Lennox, Macduff and Malcolm and all their efforts will go to waste. He was already feeling guilty and probably didn’t want them to pay as much attention to Macbeth.

Scene 4, #1 and 2

1- Unnatural events occured prior to and after Duncan murder. “On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.” (2.4.13-15) Also Duncan’s horses who are usually tame, became wild in nature, breaking and fleeing from their stalls. During Duncan’s murder, Lady Macbeth heard “the owl scream and the crickets cry.” (2.2. 19)

2 – I believe Macduff chose not to go to Scone to see Macbeth crowned because he feels that Macbeth had something to do with the murder of Duncan. He views Macbeth with suspicion. Macduff is worried that the new leadership (new robs) will not be as good as the former leadership. ” Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!” (2.4.49-50).

1- In the first scene of Act 2 Macbeth plans to kill the king in his sleep in order to become the king himself, but in this speech he expresses hesitancy and guilt at the thought of carrying through his plans. He has a vision of a dagger floating in the air before him, it’s handle pointing toward his hand and it’s tip aiming him toward Duncan (2.1.41-42). This reveals that Macbeth is having a hallucination. He tries to grasp the weapon and fails. He wonders whether what he sees is real or a ” dagger of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” (2.1.46-47). He also sees that the dagger was leading him toward the place he was already going with blood on the handle and on the blade of the dagger. (2.1.53-55). The dagger itself is a symbol of conscience/guilt. It foreshadows Duncan’s murder. Macbeth hasn’t yet committed the murder but yet his conscience is already riddled with guilt. The night around him seems thick with horror and witchcraft, but Macbeth stiffens and resolves to do his bloody work
(2.1.58-60). A bell rings, Lady Macbeth signals that the chamberlains are asleep and Macbeth strides toward Duncan’s chamber (2.1.70-72). This speech shows Macbeth’s mental instability and the dagger is just in his imagination, created by his guilt.

2- In the second scene of Act 2, Lady Macbeth seems to be courageous and calm as she has to support her husband Macbeth who has just killed king Duncan. Lady Macbeth waits in agitation for Macbeth to do the deed. She comments that, had the sleeping Duncan not looked like her father she’d have killed him herself so she isn’t completely cold-blooded, foreshadowing her future feelings of guilt. While she waits in the courtyard for her husband she listen to the owls’ reaction. “Hark! Peace! It was the owl that shrieked, The fatal bellman, which gives the sternest good night” (2.2.4-5). The owl’s shriek represents the death of Duncan. When Macbeth enters, Lady Macbeth is relieved and proud of him because she believes he has proved himself to be a man. Her greeting with Macbeth shows this “My husband!”(2.2.16). Macbeth is still disturbed after Duncan’s murder, but Lady Macbeth tries to get him to focus on framing the king’s attendants. Here Lady Macbeth takes the dagger from him, smears the attendants with Duncan’s blood and plants the weapons. She has done her part (2.2.64-68).
She returns, her hands now as bloody as Macbeth’s, but she’s calm, and identifies the ‘mysterious’ knocking as someone at the south entrance. She says: “a little water clears us of this deed”, and tells Macbeth to go and put his nightgown on so no one will suspect them.
This shows how strong, ambitious and ruthless of a character she is.https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/macbeth/summary-and-analysis/act-ii-scene-2

3- In the third scene of Act 2, Macbeth’s porter enters to answer the knocking from when Duncan is killed. He offers comic relief after the suspenseful scene. The porter is a strange gatekeeper who goes to answer the door, all while joking to himself that he is the doorkeeper of hell. At the door are Madcuff and Lennox and Macduff asks what took so long. The porter blames drunkenness, and makes a series of jokes about alcohol and its after effects on men. I believe this scene is used to make the audience laugh with his banter to relieve the audience of any tension from the previous scene. It carries out the suspense from Duncan’s murder, prolonging what is to come. The Porter’s drunken state gives main metaphors – the house of Macbeth as the gates of hell. The Porter’s soliloquy contains satanic images, and he views himself as gatekeeper: “Who’s there, i’ th’ name of Belzeebub?”. He compares Macbeth with Belzeebub, “the prince of the devils”. Macbeth’s castle is described as the home of death and corruption, because of the Lady and the murderous acts of its Master. This Porter scene symbolizes that everyone who comes into the castle, has entered hell. https://macbeth1516dblock.wordpress.com/the-porter/

Foreshadowing is a hint of what is to come later in the story.

Answers

1. The examples from Act 1 that can be argued to be foreshadowing events are: the witches’ prophecy, the bloody battle and the murder of Duncan and its link to sleepless.
2. Shakespere’s work have inspired artists of all kind. There is an allusion to Shakepeare into Disney flicks like ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Gaston use Lady Macbeth’s dialogue “ Screw your courage to the sticking-place” Act 1 Scene 7
3. At the beginning of the play, he seems a good worrier and show loyalty to his king. In Macbeth evil is the opposite of humanity, the deviation from that which is natural for humankind, yet evil originates in the human heart. Supernatural and unnatural forces are the agents of human beings, not their instigators. The witches’ words do not seduce Macbeth. He is compelled by his own ambition and his wife’s ruthlessness. Similarly, spirits do not solicit Lady Macbeth, rather she invokes their aid for her purposes.
4. Fair play deemed to be foul when everything we delight in is evil to other beings and vice versa. The scene introduces a recurrent theme in the play the discrepancy between appearance and reality.h
5. I think Shakepeare chose to make his transition so quickly because that is not the real drama of this tragedy. At the start of the drama he is clearly a brave worrier and later but he falls victim to the witches’ prediction.
6. From Act 1, Lady Macbeth is portrayed as being particularly unnatural. The pieces of evidence are: when she calls on the spirits of darkness to help her to become less like a woman (42-44) Scene 5; when she says that she knows what it is like to have a child and nurse it, but she had promised Macbeth to kill the child, she would not hesitate (61-64) Scene 7; and after Macbeth has killed Duncan, Lady Macbeth has to return the draggers her husband used (that would implicate them in the murder) to the king’s chambers because Macbeth is unable to do so. She act like she does it everyday (64-72) Scene 7. Lady Macbeth mimics Witches’ evil behaviour in calling spirits,”practicing” in deth, and even using the blood of the dead king to her purpose. She may not look like a witch, but her behaviour is “witch like” and unnatural https://www.bard.org/study-guides/macbeth-and-the-nature-of-evil.

https://youtu.be/bEFYKbIQWqQ

The popular quote “Double Double toil and trouble”, is sung by three witches often referred as “weird sisters”. They are performing some sort of weird ritual, in which they throw weird things like the poisonous toad, frog’s tongue, bat’s fur, dog’s tongue, lizard’s leg, owl’s wing and similar sort of nuisance in a cauldron. It appears like they are having a feast with these strange objects. At some point, it appears funny, but it is not unusual. Three Witches in the play, Macbeth have supernatural powers. They are full of vices and they are indulging themselves in some sort of supernatural phenomenon. The line “double double toil and trouble” is significant because each of human’s action in the play is manipulated by the three witches, who played with human’s weakness and mind. https://englishnavarro.weebly.com/blog/macbeth-allusions

The fear of witches and witchcraft has a long history in Europe, and common beliefs about witches can be found in the portrayal of the “three weird sisters” in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Witches were usually, but not always, women, and could trigger suspicions of witchcraft by engaging in unconventional lifestyles, such as living alone or in isolation from a community, just as the witches in Macbeth are presented as at odds with society, living by themselves on the heath and begging for food. Witches usually also had “familiars” to carry out tasks for them; these could take the form of animals such as cats or dogs. When we first see them, the witches in Macbeth refer to their animal familiars of Graymalkin (a cat) and a paddock (toad) https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/context/historical/witchcraft-in-shakespeares-england/

Watching a play in Shakespeare’s time 

The theaters were open air and used natural lights. Most plays were performed not in the evening as they are now, but rather in the afternoon or during daylight. And plays during that era used very little scenery. Watching a play at that time would be like going to see a popular band. The custom for contemporary performances of Shakespeare’s plays called for the female roles to be played by young boys. Women never performed on stage. The theater was usually the only place the audiences to his plays would be exposed to high culture. https://www.thoughtco.com/theater-experience-in-shakespeares-lifetime-2985243

The Audience

Shakespeare’s audience for his outdoor plays was the very rich, the upper middle class, and the lower middle class. The lower middle class paid a penny for admittance to the yard (like the yard outside a school building), where they stood on the ground, with the stage more or less at eye level—these spectators were called groundlings. The rich paid two pennies for entrance to the galleries, covered seating at the sides. The rich paid three pennies to sit in the higher galleries, which had a better view. The best seats were in the lords’ rooms, private galleries closest to the stage. The audience would eat, drink and talk throughout the performance. Theatregoers were not expected to be still and silent throughout the performance like modern audiences are. Some of the audience went to the theatre to be seen and admired, dressed in their best clothes. But these people were not necessarily well behaved. Most didn’t sit and watch in silence like today. They clapped the heroes and booed the villains, and cheered the special effects. https://www.bard.org/study-guides/shakespeares-audience-and-audiences-today