In the royal palace at Forres, Banquo paces and thinks about the coronation of Macbeth and the ____ of the weird sisters. The witches foretold that Macbeth would be king and that Banquo’s line would eventually sit on the ____. If the first prophecy came true, Banquo thinks, feeling the stirring of ____, why not the second? Macbeth enters, dressed as ____. He is followed by Lady Macbeth, now his queen, and the court. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth ask Banquo to attend the feast they will host that night. Banquo accepts their ____ and says that he plans to go for a ride on his horse for the afternoon. Macbeth mentions that they should discuss the problem of Malcolm and ____. The brothers have fled from Scotland and may be plotting against ____ now that he is king. Banquo leaves and Macbeth dismisses his court. He is left alone in the hall with a single servant, to whom he speaks about some men who have come to see him. Macbeth asks if the men are still waiting and orders that they be fetched. Once the servant has gone, Macbeth begins speaking to himself in a ____. He muses on the subject of Banquo, reflecting that his old ____ is the only man in Scotland whom he fears. He notes that if the witches’ ____ is true, his will be a “fruitless crown,” by which he means that he will not have an ____. The murder of Duncan, which weighs so heavily on his conscience, may have simply cleared the way for Banquo’s ____ to overthrow Macbeth’s own family.The servant comes back with Macbeth’s two visitors. Macbeth reminds the two men, who are ____ he has hired, of a conversation he had with them the day before, in which he talked about the wrongs that ____ had done them in the past. He asks if they are angry and manly enough to take ____ on Banquo. They reply that they are, and Macbeth accepts their promise that they will ____ his former friend. Macbeth reminds the murderers that ____ must be killed along with his father and tells them to wait within the castle for his ____.

Macbeth Act 3 Scene 1

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