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Analysis. Romeo goes to Friar Laurence ’s chambers. Friar Laurence feels pity for Romeo, who seems “wedded to calamity.”. Romeo asks what punishment Prince Escalus has handed down, and the friar tells Romeo he is to be banished. Romeo states that death would be more merciful, but Friar Laurence assures Romeo that now he has the chance to ...
- Act 3, Scene 4
At the Capulet manor, Capulet laments to Paris that in the...
- Act 3, Scene 4
Oct 11, 2024 · Study guide. Tomburn6. Terms in this set (3) First Murderer: 'Who did bid thee join with us?'(Page 48 - Line 1) Macbeth didn't trust the first two could do the job so sent the third to make sure Banquo and Fleance were killed. First Murderer: 'The west yet glimmers'(Page 48 - Line 5) This line can be interpreted as a metaphor showing that there ...
Analysis. Appropriately, this scene takes place in the dark; the murderers carry lanterns and fail in their duty only when the light is accidentally knocked out and the entire stage is plunged in blackness. But this moment is also highly symbolic, foreshadowed at the end of Act II, when Ross remarks to the old man "By the clock 'tis day; / And ...
Analysis. The two murderers lie in wait a mile from the royal castle. A third murderer joins them, sent by Macbeth. The Third Murderer is an unsolved mystery. No critics know who he is or why he's there. Active Themes. Banquo and Fleance enter. The murderers attack. Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes.
- Summary: Act 3: Scene 1
- Summary: Act 3: Scene 2
- Summary: Act 3: Scene 3
- Analysis: Act 3: Scenes 1–3
In the royal palace at Forres, Banquo paces and thinks about the coronation of Macbeth and the prophecies of the weird sisters. The witches foretold that Macbeth would be king and that Banquo’s line would eventually sit on the throne. If the first prophecy came true, Banquo thinks, feeling the stirring of ambition, why not the second? Macbeth enter...
Elsewhere in the castle, Lady Macbeth expresses despair and sends a servant to fetch her husband. Macbeth enters and tells his wife that he too is discontented, saying that his mind is “full of scorpions” (3.2.37). He feels that the business that they began by killing Duncan is not yet complete because there are still threats to the throne that mus...
It is dusk, and the two murderers, now joined by a third, linger in a wooded park outside the palace. Banquo and Fleance approach on their horses and dismount. They light a torch, and the murderers set upon them. The murderers kill Banquo, who dies urging his son to flee and to avenge his death. One of the murderers extinguishes the torch, and in t...
After his first confrontation with the witches, Macbeth worried that he would have to commit a murder to gain the Scottish crown. He seems to have gotten used to the idea, as by this point the body count has risen to alarming levels. Now that the first part of the witches’ prophecy has come true, Macbeth feels that he must kill his friend Banquo an...
Act 3, Scene 3. The two murderers are joined by a third, who says that he has also been hired by Macbeth. Horses are heard approaching and Banquo and Fleance enter. The murderers attack Banquo but Fleance manages to escape. The murderers leave to report back to Macbeth.
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The witches prophesied that Banquo's children would be kings in Act 1, Scene 3. Macbeth, now King of Scotland, is paranoid about Banquo and his son, Fleance. Macbeth arranges to have Banquo and Fleance murdered. The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance, his son, escapes. Neither Macbeth nor Lady Macbeth seem to enjoy their status as monarchs.
