... Act II, Scene i) Scene ii: The scene continues in the inner court, as Lady Macbeth appears on stage and says that she has drugged the soldiers guarding Duncan's sleeping quarters. Macbeth comes back and tells his wife that he has done the foul deed. He also says that he fear's God's ... the door and informs the new king of what has occurred. When Macbeth returns to his guests, he sees the ghost of Banquo at the table. Although no one else perceives the ghost, Macbeth is visibly shaken by this vision. Lady Macbeth explains to their guests that her husband is suffering from ... a periodi...

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... dinner he his holding. With the weight of the murder of his best friend on his mind, he snaps and proceeds to curse the ghost who has shown for supper. Lady Macbeth, nicely covers for the Kings sudden fit of insanity by insisting that the king has always suffered from ... this. A second entrance of the ghost (perhaps because it's Macbeth's second murder), causes yet another fit and Lady Macbeth bids their guests a good night. They leave full of doubt and ... suspicion of their king. In act 4, Macbeth encounters the which's for the last time. He demands to know what will happen next the...

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... , set upon and slay him, without remorse and without word" (Maginn, 193). Banquo is murdered gruesomely, he is beaten on the head and his throat is cut. Afterwards when Banquo's ghost appears to Macbeth he describes Banquo's hair as "gory locks," because his hair is covered with blood from his actual murder. (III, 4, 51) The imagery of blood also depicts Macbeth ... killed as well. He even takes his thirst of power to another level by going to war against England in order to protect his kingship. The war kills many good soldiers, including young Siward. He fought valiantly against Macbet...

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... to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature- (Act 3, scene 1, line 52-54) His actions come back to haunt him when Banquo's ghost ends up at the dinner Macbeth is holding, with the "twenty trenched gashes- in his forehead. In this case, the result of evil, ended up back firing on Macbeth, because ... with the confession of his unnatural birth. The third prophecy was the crowned child, holding the tree. This was foreshadowing the future, looking at Malcolm going the direction of his soldiers to carry branches of Birnam Wood. The supernatural element als...

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... to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. Banquo was murdered but his son Fleance escaped. At a dinner banquet at their house, Macbeth started going even more insane and he saw a ghost of Banquo, which started talking to him. He replied to the apparition and Lady Macbeth covered up for him by saying that he had some kind of mental illness and ... cared about was how he could win the battle and remain king. Suddenly, a servant told him that Birnam Wood was moving towards the castle. This was because Malcom ordered the soldiers to disguise themselves with branches and leaves. In spite of these ...

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... , values, and friendships beside in order to achieve his over-vaulting ambitions, even if it means murder. At the banquet on the same night of the murder, Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost sitting on his seat, and realises that he was wrong. He feels guilty of what he had done to his best friend. The audience can see that Macbeth still has ... the guilt and shame he felt for his wrong deeds. He is also courageous. He fights on bravely, even after he realises that the witches have fooled him completely - English soldiers using wood from Birnam as camouflage, Maduff being a "caesarean baby" - an...

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