Act 3: The Tradegy Of Macbeth

In Act 3 of Macbeth many things occur. First, in scene one Banquo starts to suspect Macbeth of killing King Duncan. King Macbeth decides to have a banquet in honor of himself. Banquo says he and his son Fleance will be out horse back riding and will be late arriving. Macbeth hires murderers to go out and kill Banquo and Fleance so that their family won't take over the throne. He convinces the murderers that Banquo is their nemises and they agree to kill him. In scene two Macbeth does not tell Lady Macbeth that he has hired someone to kill Banquo, but does let her know he has done something bad. In scene three there are three murderers who literally hunt for Fleance and Banquo in the woods. In the woods they find Banquo and Fleance and the murderers stab Banquo. Fleance gets away and rides into the darkness. He plans on getting revenge on Macbeth. In scene four the guests arrive at the banquet. Just as the guests begin to sit down one of the murderers appears. He calls Macbeth over and lets him know that Fleance escaped. Macbeth gets very upset and starts to hallucinate. He thinks that Banquo is sitting in his chair and flips out. He begins to scream and shout. Eventually he calms down but all of a sudden he flips out again. Lady Macbeth makes everyone leave and tells him that he just has poor health. In scene five Macbeth goes to see the three weird sisters and the queen of them. Macbeth becomes overly confident and believes that he is not going to be killed in a long time. . In the final scene, scene six, Lennox and another Lord discuss what crimes they think Macbeth is behind. They plan to over throw him from being King.


I personally liked Act 3. I is filled with drama and chaos. It also makes Macbeth look like the fool which he is. In this act you can tell his death is inevitable. He is going crazy and is having people murdered. I believe this act is the best of the entire play because of all of the excitement. The best part is when King Macbeth throws a fit in front of all the guests and basically gives himself away as being a murderer.