Sushanth's Post

Dear Diary,

Everyone entered my castle to celebrate the recognition of Macbeth being crowned, and as the hostess I called upon Macbeth to greet everyone. I feel satisfied as our plan has succeeded, and I have become the Queen. However, Macbeth's actions depict a strange change within him. For instance, my husband says to the visitors, “Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me” (Act 3, Scene 4: Lines 50-51). This caused me to become confused. Even when he was asked to take this seat Macbeth claimed that the table was full, when it was not. I needed to take quick action in order to cover up for Macbeth, who was acting strangely at the moment, “my lord is often thus, and hath been from his youth” (Act 3, Scene 4: Lines 53-56). This is outrageous; Macbeth is speaking like a mad man and ruining his reputation as King of Scotland.

I approached Macbeth with anger and forced him to take the fear out of his face. He is turning into a more of a coward than before. Unfortunately, this did not stop him and he continued to talk about blood and dreadful situations such as, “Blood hath been shed ere now, I’ the olden time, Ere humane statute purg’d the gentle weal; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform’d” (Act 3, Scene 4: Lines 75- 83). Furthermore, I could not allow him to accidentally give clues about Duncan’s death, so I decided to tell everyone to leave at once so that nothing is said which should not be. I am afraid as our banquet may have leaked out a bit of too much information.

-Lady Macbeth