KHANH LY Act Three Guiding Questions Act Three, Scene 1 1 Page 1 What is Banquo suggesting about Macbeth? What is the evidence he gives? Provide textual evidence Banquo is suggesting about Macbeth tha[.]
Act Three, Scene 1 Page 1: What is Banquo suggesting about Macbeth? What is the evidence he gives? Provide textual evidence Banquo is suggesting about Macbeth that he cheated to make the witches’ prophecies become true In act scene 1, “Now you have it all: you’re the king, the thane of Cawdor, and the thane of Glamis, just like the weird women promised you And I suspect you cheated to win these titles.” Page 4: Why is Macbeth frightened of Banquo? Macbeth is frightened of Banquo because Banquo has wisdom and he’s willing to take risks Also Banquo’s descendants will become future kings not Macbeth’s descendants Page 6: Infer why the murderer responds to Macbeth with "We are men." According to the Macbeths, what should real men be willing to do? The murderer respond to Macbeth with “We are men” because they are men and they’re strong, they can the important works According to the Macbeths, the real men should be willing to get rid of the enemy or murder Page 8: Why must Fleance be killed too? Fleance must be killed too because he’s Banquo’s son and he may become the king according to the witches’ prophecies Page 8: Describe Macbeth's character at the end of Act Three, scene Provide textual evidence How is this different from his character in Acts One and Two? He was a loyal person who became deceitful and evil Macbeth’s character at the end of act 3, scene is evil and deceitful “For the plan to work perfectly, you must kill both Banquo and his son, Fleance, who keeps him company.” Act Three, Scene Page 10: What did the murderers accomplish? How does the escaping of Fleance illustrate the theme of fate in Macbeth? The murderers killed Banquo but let Fleance escaped The escaping of Fleance illustrates the theme of fate in Macbeth that Banquo's descendants would inherit the throne such as the witches’ prophecies because Fleance was still alive You can’t change fate 7 Page 11: Thinking about what we've read so far, how are ambition and morality connected in Macbeth? How can we express a theme using these two thematic topics? Macbeth has ambition after hearing the witches’ prophecies that he will become thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and the future king He’s thinking about murdering the king nd Lady Macbeth persudes him to murder King Duncan He lost his morality, he became corrupt and deceitful because he murdered King Duncan Act Three, Scene Page 15: Why might Macbeth be seeing Banquo's ghost? Macbeth might be seeing Banquo’s ghost because he murdered Banquo and he starts to feel guilty about all things that he has done Page 19: "River of blood" can be a metaphor for what? Why might Macbeth call it a "river of blood?" “River of blood” can be a metaphor for the people’s blood that Macbeth killed them Macbeth might call it a “river of blood” because he killed a lot of people to achieve his goals 10 Page 19: Describe Macbeth's character at the end of Act Three, scene Provide textual evidence How has Macbeth's character changed from Act One, Act Two, and Act Three? He wasn’t morality anymore, he became more evil Macbeth changed in the bad way because now he just murder others to keep his throne and power ... Page 19: Describe Macbeth''s character at the end of Act Three, scene Provide textual evidence How has Macbeth''s character changed from Act One, Act Two, and Act Three? He wasn’t morality anymore,... Duncan He lost his morality, he became corrupt and deceitful because he murdered King Duncan Act Three, Scene Page 15: Why might Macbeth be seeing Banquo''s ghost? Macbeth might be seeing Banquo’s