MACBETH ACT 3 Scene 1 1. Why does Macbeth ask Banquo so many apparently casual questions about...

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MACBETH

ACT 3

Scene 1
1. Why does Macbeth ask Banquo so many apparently casual questions about
where he is riding?
2. Should Macbeth be wo
ied about Banquo?
3. Does Macbeth truly believe the witches' prophecy?
4. In his soliloquy Macbeth expresses how he feels now he is king. How happy
is he? Quote words and phrases that show his feelings.
5. How does Macbeth persuade the murderers to help him kill Banquo?
XXXXXXXXXXWhat does Macbeth say about Malcolm and Donalbain?

Scene 2
1. What is ironic about Lady Macbeth’s statement , “What’s done is done”?
2. Compare and contrast the feelings of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this
scene. What changes do you perceive in Macbeth?
3. What does Macbeth now envy about Duncan?

Scene 3
1. What does the murderer mean when he says, “We have lost/Best half of our
affair.”? Why does what happens matter to Macbeth?
2. How do the images of light and dark function in this scene?
3. This is an odd scene because there are three murderers. Do you think this at
all alludes to the three witches in Act 1? Who is the third murderer? Do some
“google research” to suggest an answer.

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Title: Macbeth 
Act 3
Contents
Scene 1	3
1.	3
2.	3
3.	3
4.	3
5.	3
6.	4
Scene 2	4
1.	4
2.	4
3.	4
Scene 3	4
1.	4
2.	5
3.	5
Works Cited	6
Scene 1
1.
The reason why Macbeth asks Banquo, so many questions is that he plans to kill him and his son. To know where to send the murderers, he asks him where he is headed (Tan). He does this to prevent Banquo from fathering a line of kings like the witches has prophesied.
2.
Banquo was a noble friend of Macbeth. Despite his ambitions, he would have never mistreated Macbeth. In fact, Macbeth’s killing of Banquo is the thing that set the witch’s prophecy in motion.
3.
Yes, Macbeth does truly believe what the witches tell him. This is because he wants to increase his own power and prestige (Eshreteh and Draweesh). So he accepts the prophecy so he knows how he can make his future line the king line.
4.
The soliloquy starts with the phrase “To be thus is nothing. The king means nothing if he can’t be safe”, this is where Macbeth shows that he is paranoid about losing his power. "Whose being I do fear: and, under him, My Genius is rebuked; as it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar." (Crisman) This shows that Banquo is Macbeth's loyal friend, and he thinks he will betray him and kill him.
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