Macbeth- Study Guide Questions Act 3

Because the witches fortune could come true for Banquo (his sons to become kings) and Macbeth doesn’t want them to have power because it is a threat to Macbeth’s power (he doesn’t want rivals.)

He hires two murderers to ambush them on the way back home from the journey

No, they kill Banquo but Fleance escapes

Fleance that escaped, but will be trouble later

A ghost of Banquo

she said that he has had an illness for a long time which makes him hallucinate– and it gets worse when he’s tired

Macduff

keep going with what he planned because going back would be just as hard as going on

make a spell… to keep drawing Macbeth on till they destroy him completely

he is a tyrant, who is ruining the country

if he were in Macbeth’s prison he would be dead by now

they are safe where they are; and if they were in Macbeth’s prison they would be dead by now