In this scene, Ross and an old man discuss the strange events that have immediately followed Duncan's death. They say the weather has been strange, chimneys have blown over, Duncan's horses ate each other, and that symbolically, an owl killed a falcon. (Parallels Macbeth's murder of Duncan). Macduff appears and Ross questions him about the King's murder. Macduff says it is believed the grooms killed the king, acting for someone else. Since the king's sons have fled, everyone is suspicious that they may have done it. Macduff also reports that Macbeth is to be the new king and that Duncan's body had been taken to the burial place of his ancestors. Macduff says he will not attend Macbeth's coronation at Scone. He is worried that things will be worse off now that Macbeth will be king, and decides to return home to Fife.
Homework: be sure to finish your first assignment and begin your second one this week! Also, finish scene four questions.
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I personally do not think that Lady Macbeth is beginning to breakdown. Sure, she has some moments of complete stress and maybe regret but she has just plotted and succeded to kill the King. There are about three times when I started to question her but then sympathized with her postion. The fact that she did not kill Duncan herself after beeing the stronger person mentally and emotinally then Macbeth shows a slight sign of weekness, although reasoning for this is quite fair in my opinion, " had he not resembled my father as he slept, i had done't." He just looked to much like her own father. The fact that she needed a drink to help her face the fact that she is about to comit a murder, a crime seams fair. Drinking with the guards helped maked the scheme more believeable and made the guards not suspect a thing. Lastly by Lady Macbeth saying " "Alack! I am afraid they have awak'd" (act2,scene2,line10), shows a slight bit of anxiousness that someone is about to find the dead body of thier king. After all she and her husband have just killed the most respected king there ever was... so far.
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