You have an assigned posting to comment on, so these are just food for thought. Unless you want to post another comment, in which case, you're welcome to do so.
1. The opening of scene 3 is a change from the surrounding moments of drama. What purpose does it serve? Do you think the effect is as important for a modern audience as it would have been in Shakespeare's day?
2. One of the more difficult lines to act (I think) in scene 3 is Malcolm's reaction to the news that his father has been murdered:"Oh, by whom?" How do you understand that apparently muted response? How would you play it, if you were an actor?
3. In scene 4, Ross speaks first to an old man, then to Macduff. What significance do you find in the report of the former, and what do you read into Macduff's plan to return to Fife as the second act ends?
4. Act 3 opens with a short soliloquy from Banquo. What is his attitude about Macbeth's recent changes of status?
5. In this scene we also see Macbeth as king for the first time. What's the difference between the public and the private man? We can conjecture about the effects of this discrepancy. What are your first thoughts?
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