ACT 3 scene 3 MACBETH

Question 1

Summary

Answer 1

-The two murderers are joined by a hitrd .
-They wait for anquo and Fleance to spring out on them .
–They amange ot kill anquo , but in the confusion , Fleance exapes .
-The mrderers resole to inform Macbeth of what happened .

Question 2

WHy is this scene important ?

Answer 2

-Desppitre the precaution of adding a third murderer , Fleance escapes - the withches’ prophecy is not esily aoivded for all Macbeths effrot .
-They need to recruit third murder indicates Macbeth’s distrust in fist tow .

-We did not see the actual murder of Duncan ,, but flet its horror , here Shaespear emakes us witness what is to become routine assassination ..

Question 3

KEY CHARAACTER ; MACBETH

Answer 3

-adiition of a third mrudere exposes he king od world Macbeth inhabits . He trusts no one , not even te accomplices he has commisined . In the next scene sece 4 we learn he has spies eerywhre , everher eis being checked .

Question 4

AIMING HIGH

Answer 4

-noitce how the theme of light and dark runs thorugh the play , with Macwth increasignly assocaitated with darkness as his rule becomesmore brutal , When the frst murderer says ‘The west yet glimers some sreak o day . @

-We CAN INTERPRET THE METAPHOR AS showing at htere is sill some evidence of hope in this world .
-It also forehwdows hte loss of ife in this scnfe , WHen the third murder akss ‘who did strike out hte ligth We cn understand this to LITERALLY MEAN THAT HTE TORCH HAS BEEN EXTINGUISH D AND ALSO AS A REFERENCE TO THE END OF BANUOS LIFE .

Question 5

AIMIGH HIGH (2)

Answer 5

-It also forehwdows hte loss of ife in this scnfe , WHen the third murder akss ‘who did strike out hte ligth We cn understand this to LITERALLY MEAN THAT HTE TORCH HAS BEEN EXTINGUISH D AND ALSO AS A REFERENCE TO THE END OF BANUOS LIFE .
-in tis previous scene . Macbeth ntoiced that light thicken , arranging the murdero of his friends is the final straw and brings an end to any chance of ‘light’ in Macbeth’s fututre.

Question 6

MR BRUFF

Answer 6

-mACBETH PLOTTING THE MURDER SHOWS THE AUDIENCE HE IS CHALLENGIG FT .
same fate that bruoght him th cawdor and crown so he trusts fate to give him title but he dosen’t belive it will do the same for others . THINKS HE CN OUTSMART AND CHANGE THE PROHPEHCIEIES

Question 7

WHY IS THE MURDER SCNE SIGNIFCIAN T

Answer 7

-HRIGINT THIRD CUZ YK COMPlete lack of tust in anythign and anone its the downward spiral mb is going on .

-Macbeth happy to believe fate in onne intance and then triest to change it in the next shows how INCONSITENT AND CHANGEAL he is THIS MAY BE A SIGN OF A WEAK AND IMMATURE CHARACTER , certianly not a clever noble man , brigning to foucs DO WE FEEL SYMPATHYF OR THIS DUDE . he certainly dont hav trists of king .

-HE PERECLTY PREDICTED ‘bloody deeds cuase MORE bloody deds ‘ making a mosnrer as he desperaley holds onto the throne , trying to win over fate .