Act 3

Light and Darkness

Hecate and the Witches

“to the weïrd:/ More shall they speak, for now I am bent to know/ By the worst means the worst. For mine own good/ All causes shall give way. I am in bloood/” (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 134-137)

Macbeth explains how the witches changed him into something worse, caught in a murderous cycle.

Banquo and MacBeth

“O, treachery! Fly good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!/Thou mayst revenge. O slave!” (Act 3, Scene 3, L17-18) Banquo explains how he was betrayed secretly by a friend, even though he was innoncent.

Visions

Banquo’s ghost

Line 33, scene 3, “Enter the ghost of Banquo”

Bad dreams

line 17, scene 2 “ Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly: better be with the dead…”

Macbeth is still thniking about Duncan’s murder and feels guilt

The dagger

Line 63, scene 3 “This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, led you to Duncan

The dagger was a vision.