Monday, February 5, 2018

In the banquet scene, what complaint does Macbeth make about murdered men in Macbeth?

In Act
Three, Scene 4, complains that the murdered men, particularly , have come back
from the dead to haunt and terrify him.
After briefly learning that the assassins
were able to kill Banquo but not his son, ,comments that he is experiencing feelings of fear and
uncertainty again. Macbeth then attends a feast with the nobles and begins to hallucinate.
Macbeth is terrified when he sees the ghost of Banquo sitting at the table. Upon noticing
Banquo's ghost, Macbeth begins speaking to the apparition which worries his wife.
Macbeth then complains to his wife that the murdered men no longer stay dead in their graves and
insist on haunting the living
. He says,


"The time has been that, when the brains were out, the man would die, and there an
end. But now they rise again with twenty mortal murders on their crowns and push us from our
stools. This is more strange than such a murder is" (3.4.81-86).


Macbeth then gives a toast and Banquo's ghost returns once more.
Macbeth commands the ghost to leave and stay in its grave. After Banquo's ghost exits, Macbeth
explains to his guest that he is ill and the feast ends. 

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