What does Banquo reveal in the opening solilquy of this scene?
The witches' predictions came true, and he suspects that Macbeth had something to do with it.
Who says: May not they be my oracles as well, and set me up in hope?
Banquo
What reason does Macbeth give for not just killing Banquo himself?
What does MacBeth's conscience cause him to do at the banquet?
See and talk to Banquo's Ghost.
What is an aside?
What does Banquo do before the feast? Who does he bring with him?
He goes horseback riding with his son.
Do the murders succeed in their plan?
No. The kill Banquo but Fleance escapes.
What does Lady MacBeth say to explain her husband's behavior?
She tells the others that Macbeth has an illness.
Who will Macbeth visit after the feast?
Why is Macbeth willing to kill Banquo and his son, while before he did not want to murder? (Besides the fact that he is afraid of losing the throne.)
He feels that he is already damned to hell so it does not matter who he kills at this point. "I am in blood stepped so far that..."
Name 2 of the 4 things that the witches tell Macbeth on his second visit to them.
answers will vary but could be line of kings still in B's image, woods, no one born of woman can hurt him, or to beware Mac Duff.
Who are some people blaming for Banquo's death?
Fleance
He finds some men who already have a grudge against Banquo and goads them into it. (Also bribes them with money because they are poor.)
Why does Mac Duff feel that he could never get full revenge on Macbeth for the murder of his family?
because Macbeth does not have children
What is the irony in this act?
Who inherits the throne at the end? (use first name)
Malcolm
Macbeth says his mind is full of these:
scorpions