In this scene, it starts off with a porter who enters the scene and talks about hell-gates. Lenox and Macduff enters, and Lenox complains to the porter on how slow he respond to his knocking. The porter responded that he was drunk and that he drank too much alcohol. He said that his drink can make someone lustful but removes the ability to have sex. Macbeth enters the room where Lenox and Macduff asked if the king was awake. Macbeth replies that he's still asleep and would take them to the king's chamber. When they arrived, they saw the king dead and the guards that where on guard had blood all over them with bloody daggers. Macbeth used this chance to kill the guards and claims he was enraged with the death of the king. Lady Macbeth was ashamed that something like this happen under her roof and faints. Macbeth and Banquo rally up the lords to discuss the murder of the king while Malcolm flees to England and Donalbain flees to Ireland.
Scene 4:
In this scene, it starts off with Ross, a thane who walks outside with an old man. They talked about all the bad things that had happen from the last few days. Macduff then enters the scene and told them that Macbeth had been make king by the other lords. He also added that the king's guard were most likely the murderer and that they've been paid to do it. The blame had then been placed on Malcolm and Donalbain as they fled the scene.
Reaction:
I'm quite disappointed with these two scenes. At the beginning of scene 3, there was a pointless dialogue that talked about hell and demons. Not just that, when Macbeth killed the guards. The murderer could've easily use them as bait to keep himself safe which was the goal. That irritated me since they couldn't try to figure out something or at least tried to stop Macbeth from killing the guards. Especially when Lenox and Macduff accepted the pathetic excuse when Macbeth claims he was enraged by the death of the king. I just didn't like the way the author made that part beneficial to Macbeth.
Questions:
How did Lady Macbeth faint when she was the one who planned out the murder? Was it just an act?
How did Macduff come up with the conclusion that the guards who where guarding the king was paid to murder the king?
How was Macbeth not blamed for the murder of the King since it was at his home where this all happened. Usually the first person to blame would be the host.
Predictions:
I predict that Macbeth will try everything in his power to hide the fact that he murdered the king by going after the King's son and taking there head for betrayal and the crime of killing or plotting the murder of the king.
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