In Act 3 Scene 4, the guests arrive at the Macbeth house for the banquet. The murderer shows up at the door and tells Macbeth that Fleance has escaped. Macbeth is enraged but goes back to supper. Soon, Macbeth sees a ghost of Banquo and is disturbed to see him there. All the guests seem to think that Macbeth has lost his mind. Lady Macbeth just tells them that he has been ill lately and he will recover soon. The ghost dissapears, but when Macbeth makes a toast to Banquo, it arrives again. Macbeth once again goes crazy and Lady Macbeth makes the guests leave. To learn more about this scene, go to bookrags.
I remember many years ago being in a rather upscale and trendy restaurant in Regina. There was a table next to us celebrating a birthday, but the "birthday boy" was not only inebriated but on the edge of overturning the table with all the dishes and drinks on it. He was finally talked into leaving by his friends. The restaurant bought our party all free deserts to compensate for the unpleasantness.
ReplyDeleteInstead of kicking her guests out, maybe Lady MacBeth should have offered rounds of cheesecake (death by chocolate????)