1. MACBETH REVIEW
ACT 3
William Shakespeare

2. MOTIFS/SYMBOLS
• Blood – shows his guilty conscience from killing Duncan, he feels like he is
trapped by blood.
• Animals – Snake represents the future, dogs represent the different types
of men around Macbeth (Greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs) and these
are listed in order of value.
• Night – every murder committed has been at night, it is a dark time. Night
represents evil.
• Ghost of Banquo - symbol of Macbeth’s guilty conscience because of all
of the good he has taken from the world (Banquo only appears at night).
• Hecate is the symbol of corruption.

3. VIP
VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE
Act 3 Scene 1 Act 3 Scene 3
• Banquo accepts the dinner • Banquo is murdered but his son
invitation with the Macbeths still lives
• Macbeth hired the murders
Act 3 Scene 2 Act 3 Scene 4
• Macbeth again reveals his • The ghost of Banquo appears
conscience to Lady Macbeth • Lady Macbeth leads the Lords to
believe Macbeth has been
mentally ill since he was a child

4. VIP
VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE
CONTINUED
Act 3 Scene 5 Act 3 Scene 6
• Hecate lives the night “unto a • Lennox is suspicious of Macbeth
dismal and fatal end”
• She wants to cause more chaos