When he mentions Banquo again the ghost appears once more and this time Macbeth goes mad. He starts yelling and cowering away from the ghost. There is a figure sitting at a table in BanquoвЂ™s place and when he turns to look at the king Macbeth sees the blood-drenched face of Banquo. He says that he wishes that Banquo could be there. That throws Macbeth into a state of panic.Д«ut he pulls himself together and returns to the table and begins to make a welcome speech. The murderer tells him that he has killed Banquo but that Fleance has escaped. Macbeth hires some murderers and tells them to attack Banquo on the way back and to make sure that he kills his only son, Fleance, as well.Дuring the banquet one of the murderers arrives and Macbeth is called out of the hall. He is already paranoid and is about to embark on a reign of terror, murdering his rivals and opponents. He also tells him that Fleance, will be accompanying him.Д«y this time Macbeth is already sleepless as a result of the guilt he is experiencing. He tells Macbeth that he has to go away on business and will do his best to get back in time. Banquo suspects Macbeth of having murdered the king but expresses his loyalty. He and his old friend chat and Macbeth tells Banquo that he had better make sure that he attends the state banquet he and the queen are holding to honour their ascent to the throne. At first, he resists but she prevails and he agrees to stab Duncan in his sleep.ДЄfter the murder Macbeth is proclaimed king. Lady Macbeth puts great pressure on Macbeth to murder Duncan. Macbeth returns to his castle and Banquo and his son, Fleace вЂ“ a child вЂ“ go with him. When a messenger arrives at the castle and tells Lady Macbeth that the king is coming she knows that she will have to persuade her husband to act. The king greets his two captains and tells Macbeth that he will be coming to spend the night at his castle at Inverness before going hunting the next day. That puts the same idea into her mind, that the king will have to be killed, and she quickly decides that she will work on it. Macbeth writes to his wife, Lady Macbeth, and tells her about the encounters. Macbeth dismisses the thought but it becomes difficult when he is met by two messengers from the king, telling him that the king has awarded him the lands and title of the recently executed traitor, the Thane of Cawdor. The two men laugh about it but the idea stays with Macbeth and he is struck with a thought that he canвЂ™t bear to allow вЂ“ that to become king he would have to kill Duncan.

They turn to him and tell him that he will not be king but will be the father of a long line of kings. They ignore Banquo but he asks them what they have to say to him.

They predict that Macbeth will soon become Thane of Cawdor and, subsequently, king. On their way to DuncanвЂ™s camp the two men are stopped by three witches who show that they know who the two are.

Each ShakespeareвЂ™s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: AllвЂ™s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves LabourвЂ™s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer NightвЂ™s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The WinterвЂ™s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.

Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

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