LADY MACBETH 165 You lack the season of all natures, sleep. MACBETH 166 Come, to sleep. My strange and self-abuse we’ll 167 Is the initiate fear that wants hard use: We are yet but young in deed. 168 Exeunt New knowledge Most ordinary Elizabethans were a mixture of religious (Christian called – Protestants) and superstitious (based on ancient folk beliefs). As such most people believed in the supernatural, including witches, ghosts and spirits. In fact, it was a genuine belief that if the soul did exist, then ghosts and spirits must also exist. Ghosts were often thought to return to earth with a purpose or message for the living. Pen to paper Why do you think ghost appears? What could ghost be Banquo’s Banquo’s warning others of? Why is it ghost Macbeth sees and not Banquo’s Duncan’s? Pen to paper: What is revealed about state of mind in this scene? Macbeth’s What comment does Macbeth make about Banquo and how do the lords respond?
LADY MACBETH 165 You lack the season of all natures, sleep. MACBETH 166 Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse 167 Is the initiate fear that wants hard use: 168 We are yet but young in deed. Exeunt New knowledge Most ordinary Elizabethans were a mixture of religious (Christian – called Protestants) and superstitious (based on ancient folk beliefs). As such most people believed in the supernatural, including witches, ghosts and spirits. In fact, it was a genuine belief that if the soul did exist, then ghosts and spirits must also exist. Ghosts were often thought to return to earth with a purpose or message for the living. Pen to paper Why do you think Banquo’s ghost appears? What could Banquo’s ghost be warning others of? Why is it Banquo’s ghost Macbeth sees and not Duncan’s? Pen to paper: What is revealed about Macbeth’s state of mind in this scene? What comment does Macbeth make about Banquo and how do the lords respond?