Act 3 Scene 1 Main Characters: Banquo, Macbeth, And Two .

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Act 3 Scene 1Main Characters: Banquo, Macbeth, and two murderers, and LadyMacbethSetting: Forres,The Royal Palace Banquo opens thescene with a soliloquyduring which he expresseshis suspicion that Macbethhas not acted honorably in becoming King. Macbeth enters, and he and Banquo have a stilted conversation, whichclearly indicates they are no longer friends and confidants. Macbeth hires two assassins to kill Banquo and Fleance as they ridetheir horses before the big banquet Macbeth has planned.

Act 3, Scene 2Characters: Lady Macbeth and MacbethSetting: Forres Lady Macbeth laments that, although they have exactly whatthey wanted, they are not happy. Macbeth joins her and reveals his tortured thoughts. He admitsthat he feels vulnerable as long as Banquo and his son arealive. He does not share his murderous plans with Lady Macbeth, butinstead tells her to pay special attention to Banquo at thebanquet.

Act 3, Scene 3Characters: The two murderers, a third(!) murderer, Banquo andFleanceSetting: On the grounds outside the Royal Palace at Forres The murderers lay in wait for Banquo and Fleance when theyare joined by a third murderer that Macbeth sent to help withthe job, evidence that Macbeth trusts no one. They set upon Fleance and Banquo. Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes.

Act 3, Scene 4 “The Banquet Scene”Characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords and Ladies all,and the ghost of Banquo.Setting:In a banquet hall in the palace at Forres Macbeth and Lady Macbeth host their first official banquet as King and Queen. Asthey are welcoming their guests Macbeth learns that his hired assassins have killedBanquo, but have failed to kill Fleance. Immediately distraught, Macbeth comes undone. He sees Banquo’s ghost sitting inMacbeth’s place. No one else can see the ghost, and the guests quickly becomealarmed at Macbeth’s behavior. Lady Macbeth does her best to try to get Macbeth to keep it together whiledistracting the guests, asking them to ignore Macbeth’s strange behavior. Finallyshe gives up and sends everyone away. Her banquet, a disaster.

Act 3, Scene 5Characters: Hecate and the three witchesSetting:A heath A strange scene. Many people believe itwas added later and not written by Shakeapeare.Collaborative writing was common in the theaterat the time. Hecate, the queen of the three witches, is angrythat they have meddled in Macbeth’s affairs. She isalso highly critical of Macbeth and promises to dosome meddling of her own to assure his downfall.

Act 3, Scene 6Characters: Lennox, and an unnamed LordSetting: Forres, inside the palace An expository scene in which we learn that the Thanes are notloyal to Macbeth, but they are afraid of his many spies. Lenoxis sarcastic and snide throughout the entire conversation,revealing his belief that Macbeth killed Duncan and Banquo. We also learn that Macduff has gone to England to join withMalcolm in attempting to remove Macbeth from the Scottishthrone.“The gracious Duncan waspitied of Macbeth; marry,he was dead.”

Immediately distraught, Macbeth comes undone. He sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in Macbeth’s place. No one else can see the ghost, and the guests quickly become alarmed at Macbeth’s behavior. Lady Macbeth does her best to try to get Macbeth to keep it together while distracting the guests, asking them to ignore Macbeth’s strange .

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