MACBETH REVIEWACT 3

William Shakespeare

MOTIFS/SYMBOLS

• Blood – shows his guilty conscience from killing Duncan, he feels like he is trapped by blood.

• Animals – Snake represents the future, dogs represent the different types of men around Macbeth (Greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs) and these are listed in order of value.

• Night – every murder committed has been at night, it is a dark time. Night represents evil.

• Ghost of Banquo - symbol of Macbeth’s guilty conscience because of all of the good he has taken from the world (Banquo only appears at night).

• Hecate is the symbol of corruption.

Act 3 Scene 1• Banquo accepts the dinner invitation with the

Macbeths• Macbeth hired the

murders

Act 3 Scene 2• Macbeth again reveals

his conscience to Lady Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 3• Banquo is murdered but

his son still lives

Act 3 Scene 4• The ghost of Banquo

appears• Lady Macbeth leads the

Lords to believe Macbeth has been mentally ill since he was a child

VIPVERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE

Act 3 Scene 5• Hecate lives the night

“unto a dismal and fatal end”

• She wants to cause more chaos

Act 3 Scene 6• Lennox is suspicious of

Macbeth

VIPVERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE

CONTINUED