Banquo's Banquet

In contrast to the dagger scene, when Macbeth holds the banquet for Banquo we, as an audience, actually see the ghost of Banquo. Macbeth describes the ghost as: “Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with!” Shakespeare emphasises all the points which make Banquo dead rather than alive (marrowless, cold and no speculation.) This aspect of the supernatural could be quite terrifying on stage and would shock the audience. It is important that we see this as an audience because… The effect of the supernatural is quite distinctive. After seeing the ghost Macbeth says: “It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.” Macbeth realises, through the repetition of blood, that he will… This foreshadows what happens later in the play.