Macbeth+Act+3+-+2

=Summary=

A troubled Lady Macbeth calls for Macveth who reveals what has been troubling him. He reveals that bad things lead to more bad things and that he is troubled by Banquo being the lineage of kingdom ship. Hence, because he killed Duncan, to alleviate himself, he must kill Banquo and Fleance. = Question = = Will he actually kill his friend? = = Will Fleance really become king? = = Will Lady Macbeth talk him out of it or support him? =

 Will they get any more crazy? = = The Language Naught’s had, all’s spent, Where our desire is got without content. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. (3.2.6-10)

Lady Macbeth shows that she is not happy and that she wishes she was dead rather than be the killer and be tormented. It rhymes in AABB and evokes a sense that she is troubled.

=The Big Idea=

This passage definitely relates to the progression of sin. In order to appease his current state of mind, he is justifying killing again, this time of Banquo and Fleance; since he is past the killing of Duncan. This is the exact ideology that serial killers have which further emphasizes the tragic flaws of the characters. This will continue to lead him down the wrong path until their ultimate demise.

=Character Development=

Macbeth expresses his flaws that will make him fall as a tragic hero as Bradley commentates on. He works on killing all those around him to secure his own position which is a tragic flaw. We already know that he will die therefore to see him set himself up to fail by killing his friend Banquo is tragic dramatic irony.

Lady Macbeth is just as flawed and this shows in her support of her husband, yet she does not know what he is doing now. Like Macbeth she will undergo what I call tragic character syndrome where she will do something dramatic and tragic and die. Bad things lead to more bad things, and right now she is snowballing away.

=Vocabulary=

Malice – need to see suffering Vizards- a mask to disguise the face Jovial- full of spirit

=Connections=

Macbeth alludes to the possible need to kill Banquo and Fleance and how it threatens him. --> He eventually kills Banquo, but not Fleance leaving the threat intact, which does come through as Macbeth is killed.