Reception Dinner Macbeth

People say isolation is a key factor to what makes people crumble and others say people crumbling is the cause to isolation. In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, he demonstrates both ideas. Macbeth’s crumble causes him to be isolated and Lady Macbeths isolation causes her to crumble. Macbeth becomes more isolated over the course of Acts Three and Four because he has crumbled. After Duncan’s murder Macbeth pulled himself away from many people or became distant, including Banquo and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth begins to resent Banquo because his children are seen to be Kings one day. Macbeth feels threatened by Banquo because he is paranoid that Banquo is the only one who knows about the witches and their prophecies. Macbeth decides the best way to take care of this is to have Banquo killed. “Know Banquo was your enemy.” This shows how Macbeth’s new enemy is Banquo. As the play goes on Macbeth becomes more isolated because of the guilt and paranoia of the murders. His isolation towards Lady Macbeth causes her pain. “How now, my lord, why do you keep alone.” This shows how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are slowly separating. The murders Macbeth are responsible for pushes his sanity over the edge. Due to his guilt Macbeth starts to see things that are not real. At his reception dinner Macbeth was asked to sit at a table and he says “The tables full.” Macbeth thinks the table is full because he sees the ghost of Banquo. This causes him to have a scene in front of his company. They all don’t know why because he is the only one who can see the ghost. Everyone leaves the party which causes him to be more isolated. Also MacDuff did not attend the party. Macbeths crumble causes him to become isolated by everyone who once loved him. Lady Macbeth crumbles because she becomes isolated after Duncan’s murder. She started off in control and telling Macbeth what to do, but as the plot thickens she knows less and less information. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were talking, and she was asking about the future plans. Macbeth replied “be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck.” Lady Macbeth wants to be back in control and know more information, but its better if she didn’t. This makes her isolated and paranoid. At Macbeth’s reception dinner Lady Macbeth realizes Banquo is missing. She thinks this is unusual because Macbeth and Banquo are good friends. She asks “Is Banquo gone from court.” This shows how little information she is being told because Banquo’s murder plot had already been made. The response she was giving to this question was “Ay, Madam, but returns again tonight” This shows that Macbeth is isolating her, which causes her to crumble. Lady Macbeth didn’t know how to handle the lonely feeling inside her so she went insane. Lady Macbeth crumbles because she becomes isolated and Macbeth’s crumble causes him to become isolated. After the first murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth slowly worsens her mental state. When a doctor came over to evaluate her, he was talking to the gentlewomen about her state. The gentlewoman was telling him everything weird Lady Macbeth was doing. “You see her eyes are open.” “Ay but her senses are shut” The gentlewoman knows something is wrong with Lady Macbeth. When the doctor was exanimating her she was talking non sense. “Out damned spot, out” Lady Macbeth knew the blood of Duncan was on her and husbands hands forever. This is when the doctor knows she is crazy. Lady Macbeth later on kills herself because she could not live with the guilt of another man’s death on her hands. She started off good but once she was physically alone all she had was her thoughts of terror. When Macbeth heard the news, he didn’t care. Ever since the murder of Duncan he became isolated. He has killed some of his closes friends and shut-out his wife. Macbeth’s crumbled which then caused him to become isolated. “My soul is to much charged with blood of Thine already.” Macbeth went to war with MacDuff. MacDuff was the one to end Macbeth’s reign and his life. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both Crumble in the play “Macbeth”, but by different reasons. Macbeth’s greed for power caused him to kill many friends and caused his isolation, and Lady Macbeth’s lack of knowledge caused her to become isolated, which led to her crumble and her death.