The Eve That Finally Happened by Diane Lennox

The line is relevant today in the debate over the death penalty and gang violence After his vision of Banquo's ghost in scene 4, Macbeth finally accepts that 'blood will have blood'. If you were the director, which would you choose? What effect is created by having Banquo appear at the banquet, made up as a ghost? What is gained by having it appear as though no real person is the motivation for Macbeth's terrifying behavior? Those guilty of taking a life will be found out and will pay with their own lives. Having no ghost at all emphasizes the banquet guests' growing realization that Macbeth is seriously disturbed Nobody except Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost.In some productions of the play, the ghost does not appear onstage in others it does. This blurring also occurs in the witches' scene and in the descriptions of the natural world's response to Duncan's murder How does this banquet scene blur the clear-cut and common-sense distinction that most of us make between the real and the imaginary? In what other scene has this distinction also been blurred? having Banquo's ghost appear on stage blurs the distinction between the real and the imaginary and shows the strong influence guilt can have on the mind of a murderer.

How is Fleance's escape a turning point in this play? The scene leaves open the question of whether the ghost is real or Macbeth's hallucination. What reasons can you suggest for these changes? It is the first time that Macbeth's plans have gone wrong and it leave open the possibility that Banquo's descendants will be kings In Shakespeare's tragedies, a turning point- and even that moves the action ever downward to its tragic conclusion- usually occurs in the third act.

Find details in this act that reveal some of the changes. Perhaps their feeling of guilt and their growing distrust of others have eroded their trust in each other The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth has changed in several ways since they became rulers of Scotland. They were very close as they planned and carried out Duncan's murder, and now she is not in his confidence.

What can you infer about Macbeth's changing character after seeing how he engages in this complex plan involving professional murderers? Lady Macbeth planned the first murderer, but Macbeth plans Banquo's murder without consulting her. They believe he is guilty of the murderers of Duncan and Banquo and has become a tyrant By scene 6, what opinion do Lennox and the other lord hold of Macbeth? He is not only growing accustomed to murder but becoming more devious in his planning and arranging of the crime Macbeth does not kill Banquo with his own lands, as he killed Duncan and his two guards.

The Eve That Finally Happened by Diane Lennox