Macbeth

In Act II Scene 1, Banquo mentions the witches and Macbeth says "I think not of them, yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve, we would spend it in some words upon that business if you would grant the time." In other words he suggests making a date to talk about the witches. Banquo says ok. Then Macbeth says, "If you shall cleave to my consent, when 't is, it shall make honour for you." "Cleave to my consent" means to go along with his plans, so basically he says, "If you go along with my proposals, I can make it worth your while". Banquo gets suspicious; this sounds too much like Macbeth is trying to sell him something which allegedly fell off the back of a truck. He responds cautiously, "So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear, I shall be counsell'd". Banquo put conditions on his agreement: the proposal must be an honourable one that will leave Banquo a free agent. This is not what Macbeth wants to hear at all.

Malcolm advises Macduff to go out and fight to help place Malcolm on the throne. All Malcolm sees in Macduff's suffering is an opportunity to gain an ally.

They are not given in the script.

You mean, I suppose, the line in Act 1 Scene 2 where Duncan says, "No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our interest; go, pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth." This line could be delivered angrily, but it doesn't need to be. Cawdor has just joined a Norwegian invasion of Scotland with a view to deposing King Duncan. This is an act of high treason, the worst possible crime in any civil state. It is like John Wilkes Booth shooting President Lincoln. So naturally Duncan must condemn Cawdor to death for his crime, no matter how he feels about it. From his discussion with Malcolm in Act 1 Scene 4 after Cawdor is executed, it sounds like Duncan's feelings are more of regret and bewilderment than anger. "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I built and absolute trust."

Banquo's ghost. But let's be fair; Macbeth told him to "fail not our feast", and Banquo didn't, even though he was dead.

According to kermode, what reason does Macbeth provide for killing duncan

Apart from the obvious fact that everyone's death is inevitable (you don't think that you are going to live forever, do you?) some people view the prophecies which the witches make to mean that Macbeth's life is totally out of his control and totally in the control of the witches. This is not logical; being able to accurately predict the future does not mean you control it, or otherwise we would have to believe that weathermen and pollsters who predict things all the time really have control of the world.

It is not so much what he sees, since that only shows that she is sleepwalking and is emotionally and mentally disturbed. It is what he hears which tells him what is going on. As the gentlewoman says, "she has spoke what she should not." It is from her references to the various murders ("But who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?", "The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now?", "Banquo's dead; 'a cannot come out on's grave.") that the doctor realizes what the cause of her emotional disturbance and nightmares is. And this is very dangerous knowledge, for knowing that Macbeth is guilty of these crimes would be a death sentence if Macbeth were ever to find out that the Doctor and the gentlewoman knew it.

Sometimes people who would not otherwise do bad things end up doing them because they are pushed into it by someone else. That sort of thing happens everywhere and has been happening for a long time. Sometimes people who do something wrong regret it later and the guilt eats them alive. That sort of thing happens everywhere and has been happening for a long time. These two aspects of the play are universal.

Macbeth admits the murders to his wife and hired murderers, who are already privy to the crimes, as well as to the audience. In his soliloquy at the beginning of Act III, he says of Banquo's issue, "For them have I the royal Duncan murdered." That's an admission but only the audience hears it. In a way, he also admits the slaughter of Macduff's family when he says to him in Act V, "my soul is too much charged with blood of thine already."

Some of the women about the castle have found the dead body of Lady Macbeth and cry out. Macbeth asks Seyton what the noise is and Seyton replies that it is the cry of women. Macbeth sends Seyton off to investigate why they are making so much noise while he takes a soliloquy break. When Seyton returns, he has discovered the reason behind the cry: "The queen, my Lord, is dead."

They are both tragic heroes.

In Act 4 Scene 1, he left the royal palace at Forres, to meet the witches. Many editions of the play say that the witches were in a cavern. However, this does not come from the original text of the play in the First Folio, and it is unlikely that it was portrayed that way in any early performances of the play. Their cauldron would have been brought up on the trap door, rather than being in the concealment space, thus enabling their quick departure. In this case, Macbeth sought the witches out; this is when he goes to meet the witches. In Act 1 Scene 2, Macbeth had met the three witches by accident on his part, by design on theirs, and they meet on a "blasted heath" according to Macbeth's line. The witches knew that Macbeth would be crossing the heath. They placed themselves on collision course with Macbeth and his friend and fellow General Banquo.

They made Hecate angry by not letting her participate in their plans. -Macbeth.

Banquo doesn't commit any crime but is murdered at Macbeth's command. -APEX

There are several speeches she does. We need to know which one. " Out damned spot, I say"

Fleance

No logical reason, but then fear is not a logical thing. Although Macbeth says, "My fears in Banquo stick deep," he is not totally clear about why he is afraid of him.

Most likely, he is afraid that Banquo knows too much about him, knows what the witches said to him and how troubled he was by it, and as a result may suspect Macbeth of murdering Duncan.

He is also annoyed by the prophecy of the "fruitless crown" and the prophecy that Banquo will be the father to kings. To prevent this, Macbeth would have to kill not only Fleance but also Banquo, to prevent Banquo from fathering more children. This prophecy does not threaten Macbeth, yet he feels threatened by it. All of this makes the ball of anxiety which he feels because of the murder focus irrationally on Banquo.

Where is Macbeth going when he sees the bloody dagger?

The witches show Macbeth a procession of Banquo's descendants as kings.

He has decided to kill the king- Apex

Suspense

Frightening tone

(Apex)

Strange and unnatural events

ghost and curses