Macbeth: Banquet Scene
Macbeth: Banquet Scene
The Banquet scene in "Macbeth" is one of the most moving scenes and so far as the tragedy of ‘Macbeth' is concerned, it is tremendous in impact and intensity, dramatic in impact. The scene shows a perceptible degeneration of Macbeth's mental powers which is the inevitable consequence of his murderous deeds. It is the crisis of the play where from the reversal of Macbeth's fortune begins. The scene records Macbeth's guilty conscience taking the most horrible form in the shape of Banquo's ghost. It also shows Macbeth's gradual overcoming of the qualms of conscience.
Shakespeare has used ghosts in his other main tragedies like "Julius Caesar" and "Hamlet". In the opening scene of "Hamlet" the ghost is seen by Mercellas, Barnerdo, Horatio and finally by Hamlet. The ghost that appears in Gertrude's bed chamber is a projection of Hamlet's stricken conscience and is seen by Hamlet alone. Likewise in the Banquet scene, Banquo's ghost is seen by Macbeth alone.......
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