Lady Macbeth Act 1 Scene 6 Essay
Lady Macbeth eats her meal daintily, despite Ross’s knowledge of how famished she has been since the coronation. Ross has been serving the Macbeth’s for many years, he has become their confidant and, Ross likes to believe, friend. Breaking his thoughts, Lady Macbeth breaks the silence.
“I must confess something,” she says, unsure of the words. She has been sheepish and hesitant since the announcement of the coronation; her behavior takes Ross by surprise. “Macbeth. He… he’s been seeing Banquo, like his ghost or something of that sort. He saw the ghost today.”
This struck Ross with both surprise and enlightenment. It is quite strange that he is seeing Banquo, nut this makes sense of what Ross himself saw at the party. Ross watched as Macbeth’s face turned white and he sputtered his words. “Do you suppose he misses Banquo? Could that be what is causing the hallucination?” Ross suggested these questions, but there have been whisperings from …show more content…
As she exits the room for the stairs, Ross watches, waiting for her to be out of sight. Once she has gone, he quickly stands and runs towards Lennox’s quarters.
The soft padding of his footfalls echo throughout the hallway, he rounds the corner and slows his pace. Once he reaches the entrance of the living quarters, he knocks the soft wood.
“Lennox! I need to talk to you,” Ross says in a rushed whisper. Behind the door Ross can hear the shuffling of Lennox’s moccasins as he approaches the door. Ross feels a rush of wind as his partner opens the door, without extending a greeting Ross rushes into the room. Without another word Ross is launched into a hushed summary of what Lady Macbeth had just told him.
By the time Ross slows down and comes to the end of his long winded confession Lennox has wide eyes. Ross finishes and the two sit in silence while Lennox basks in the new
“I must confess something,” she says, unsure of the words. She has been sheepish and hesitant since the announcement of the coronation; her behavior takes Ross by surprise. “Macbeth. He… he’s been seeing Banquo, like his ghost or something of that sort. He saw the ghost today.”
This struck Ross with both surprise and enlightenment. It is quite strange that he is seeing Banquo, nut this makes sense of what Ross himself saw at the party. Ross watched as Macbeth’s face turned white and he sputtered his words. “Do you suppose he misses Banquo? Could that be what is causing the hallucination?” Ross suggested these questions, but there have been whisperings from …show more content…
As she exits the room for the stairs, Ross watches, waiting for her to be out of sight. Once she has gone, he quickly stands and runs towards Lennox’s quarters.
The soft padding of his footfalls echo throughout the hallway, he rounds the corner and slows his pace. Once he reaches the entrance of the living quarters, he knocks the soft wood.
“Lennox! I need to talk to you,” Ross says in a rushed whisper. Behind the door Ross can hear the shuffling of Lennox’s moccasins as he approaches the door. Ross feels a rush of wind as his partner opens the door, without extending a greeting Ross rushes into the room. Without another word Ross is launched into a hushed summary of what Lady Macbeth had just told him.
By the time Ross slows down and comes to the end of his long winded confession Lennox has wide eyes. Ross finishes and the two sit in silence while Lennox basks in the new