Act 3 Scene 4 The Banquet Scene The banquet Essay

The banquet, Macbeth is preparing, highly important to him. It is a chance to show the thanes he is strong and in control, he is very capable of being king. Macbeth needs the banquet to be a success, to show off to the thanes, but when it goes horribly wrong, Macbeth fears that his temper has.In this scene, Macbeths reactions and conduct are very varied. At first, when the thanes arrive, he is the merry host and welcomes everybody with open arms. However, when they sit to eat, his role changes from host to murderer and consequently as a victim to Banquos ghost. His behaviour diverges as he moves from his host role to his cold-hearted murderer role and finally to his chaotic, mad victim role, when he sees Banquos ghost. Macbeths changes in behaviour creates tension, especially during the time where Banquos ghost arrives, as you wonder, if hell let slip any of the murders.Macbeths behaviour obviously differs, as at one point he is a calm-well-mannered host,Our self lead mingle with society and play the humbleHost, then(prenominal) he transformed into an evil bloody-thirsty villain,Yet hes good that did the like for FleanceIf thou didst it, thou art the nonpareil, and afterwards to a person, clear unwell, as he has the hallucination of Banquos ghost, which c one timerns the guests,Thou canst not say I did it never shakeThy gory locks at meLady Macbeth tries to protect Macbeth and deal control of the party, by diverting attention away and covering his actions with lies,The fit is momentary upon a thoughtHe will again be well.She changes the exit to try and stop him from thinking astir(predicate) the ghost, and also stop the thanes from thinking that Macbeth is guilty of something, as Lady Macbeth is afraid that Macbeth will let something out about the murder,Think of this, good peers,But as a thing of custom. Tis no other,Only it spoils the pleasure of the time.Lady Macbeth takes control by leading the party and meet the hostess finally ending the party an d telling the thanes to leave when she realises Macbeth is in danger of loosing control,Stand not upon the order of your going,But go at onceBy the end of the scene, we realise that Macbeth, really is strong and determined and how he is going to make this work,I am in bloodSteeped in so far that should I wade no moreIt is clear that Macbeth is in control at this point. He intends to see the witches again for some security, that he will stay king,-to the weird sisters.More shall they speak.The power of control has gone back to Macbeth. When Macbeth says,stepped in so far, he is saying how he has already committing ii murders, why stop now. If anyone should get in his way, he wont be afraid to kill them.On stage, I would show Macbeth and the thanes on a long table, and behind Macbeth would be a pillar. This would be so that the murderer is unseen and Macbeth doesnt look too suspicious. The murder would be obviously circumpolar to the audience, but not so to the thanes.When Macbeth s peaks to the thanes, there will be full lighting, but when the murderer speaks to Macbeth, the thanes freeze and the lights dim on them and a spotlight focuses on Macbeth. Once they have finished their dialogue, the thanes start celebrating and acquainting again and the lighting comes back up.To present the ghost of Banquo, on stage, the first thing I would do is make-up. It would be pale, to create that he is dead. When Banquos ghost is on stage, the normal lights would be on, but an extra spotlight would make the make-up shine and give that not human effect. His clothing would be what he died in, but more new, clean and tidy