Macbeth LRJ #3

1) In Act 3 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are changing dramatically. What happens in this Act is that Macbeth who in the previous Acts was a coward when it came to killing friends and nobles. His wife, Lady Macbeth actually assisted Macbeth in killing in order to become the King. Now difference in this act and Macbeth is finally getting the courage to actually do more killing. He wants to murder Banquo so he could become that closer to becoming king of Cawdor. "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip"(Shakespeare,3.1) From here you ca still see that he feels guilt because a fruitless crown means that he didn't really earn it by himself. From there he feels the need to kill Banquo. The way in the Act that lady Macbeth seems to be different is that she feels a lot of guilt and how much bloodshed she has caused;she goes through this paranoia stage and starts to feel a little bit more freaked out. She says "What’s done is done" (Shakespeare 3.2.14). She regrets it but there is nothing much Macbeth and Lazy Macbeth could really do.

2)the image pattern of this Act is a little more different then the other Acts because in this act you have something like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth changing sides pretty much. Macbeth going towards the bad side where hes murderous and he keeps doing it until he actually get killed. He even feels guilt when he does it also. He wants to feel like he could turn back time and now do it but like his wife said there is no turning back as much as they want it. So there is actually nothing being done. the image pattern of this seems really gloomy like the last Act but a bit more gloomier because of how Lady Macbeth such a dangerous and courageous woman now wants to stop all of this because shes about to go crazy. Macbeth on the other hand his image pattern is like dim light just about to go out. Hes at the verge of killing more people but at the same time there is still guild inside of him. That little hope can mean a lot.

3) The theme of this act was lust for power and fall of honor. Macbeth through this chapter is very greedy-like and wants more power. His wife doesn't seem to care as much anymore about it because shes having stress over the problem. "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip"(Shakespeare,3.1) which is saying that Macbeth even though Macbeth is finally king there is no fruit for his crown ,the honor is also gone. There is no honor and point in getting the crown because cheating through something only gives misery and a sense of lost. Macbeth lost a lot especially his noblemen.