Macbeth murders King Duncan with help from his wife to fulfill the witches' prophecy of him becoming king. However, he grows paranoid of Banquo's children inheriting the throne as the witches also prophesied. Macbeth hires men to kill Banquo and his son Fleance, but Fleance escapes. At a banquet, Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost and grows more fearful and unstable as his actions catch up with him. Meanwhile, Macduff flees to England for safety after discovering Duncan's murder.

1. Act 3
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2. As we know that in Act 1, Macbeth and Banquo met
the 3 witches. The witches told two prophecies to
Macbeth that he soon will be the thane of Cawdor
and the future King if Scotland. The witches also told
Banquo that his offsprings will be the future kings as
well. It turned out the first prophecy to be true.
Macbeth did became the thane of Cowdor.

3. To celebrate his new title, King Duncan was invited
over to Macbeth’s house. Then, Macbeth and his
wife had a plan to make the second prophecy came
true.

4. So, with help from his wife whom made the guards drunk so
Macbeth can slip into Duncan’s chamber and put him to
death. When the bell rang at night, Macbeth went off to
Duncan’s room and killed him without a second though. The
poor king dead.

5. The second morning, Macduff found out the dead
body in Duncan’s chamber terrified him the most.
When he told this news to Lady Macbeth, she
acted sorry and pathetic to the news as she
doesn’t know slightly reason form this. As well as
Macbeth, whom talked words from the mouth but
covered the truth in the heart. Both of them acted
natural yet not natural.

6. The old king is now dead, so Macbeth is replaced to be
the King of Scotland and his wife to be the Queen. Now
they have the power they wanted it.

7. But hold on, there’s one more thing that Macbeth wanted is he wishes
Banquo and his son dead too for Fleance will be the future threat t him.
For this reason, he want to avoid the second prediction from the witches
to be gone.

8. Two murders were hired to get rid of
Banquo and Fleance. Somehow the third
murder appeared to be with the two
killers . Together they put Banquo to
death but the son was escaped. For this,
Macbeth felt feeply disappointed.

9. Regard his plan has failed half, he
still had to go back to his banquet as
to celebrate his new title. In the
dinner, he saw Banquo’s ghost sat at
his seat covered with blood on his
face, body and hands. This feared
Macbeth a little, but soon he realized
he shouldn’t for its barely a ghost.

10. Near the end of this act, Hecate, the
boos among the three witches
gathered everyone together and
planning to teach Macbeth a lesson on
his dstiny.

11. While, Macduff is now in
England seeking help from
King Edward for a result of
who murder the loyal King
Duncan.