1. The scene opens with Banquo pondering Macbeth’s seeming good fortune
Banquo must leave for an appointment somewhere away from the castle
Macbeth questions him heavily on this
Macbeth is becoming deeply suspicious of Banquo
Macbeth hires two murderers
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2. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to quit worrying about things…”what’s done is done”
He attempts to explain to her how distraught he is over what they have done.
She once again says “it’s all in your head.”
Macbeth tells her something is going to happen to take care of things, she asks him what but he won’t tell her.
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3. The murderers kill Banquo but Fleance escapes
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4. Macbeth has a banquet for all of the Thanes, Macduff is not there though.
The murderers report to Macbeth that Banquo has been killed but not Fleance
Macbeth goes to the banquet, but there he sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in his chair (Macbeth is the only one that can see the ghost)
Macbeth starts yelling at the ghost, this kind of freaks everyone out
Lady Macbeth is able to make up an excuse for him
Macbeth says he is going to find the witches again because he has some ideas that he wants to test out
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5. A3S5 The witches meet with Hecate (she is the leader of the witches)
She tells them that they are to have Macbeth take a potion that will cause him to hallucinate and see things that will trick him onto thinking he can’t be harmed (“security is mortals’ chiefest enemy”)
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6. Lennox and a lord are discussing how bad things are in Scotland under Macbeth’s rule
The lord tells Lennox that Macduff has gone to England to get Malcolm to raise an army against Macbeth
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