Question

How many murderers are in this scene? At what time of day does the scene occur? Where does the action occur? Do Banquo and Fleance carry a light? How do the murderers manage to get a light? How does the light go out? How long does the scene last? How quickly does the action unfold? Characterize the dialogue in this scene. What does the murderers' language suggest about them? What are Banquo's last words? What do his last words signify? Does the text show how Fleance escapes?

Answer 1

There are three murderers in the scene.

I would say this scene happens at dusk because it says, "The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day". The action occurs, "A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace".

Banquo and Fleance do carry a light because the second murderer says he does see a light. "SECOND MURDERER. A light, a light!" I think the murderers manage to get a light by taking someone else's light. Perhaps someone walking on the road near them. "Now spurs the lated traveller apace" The light is accidentally knocked out.

The scene does not last that long because the action unfolded so quickly they barely get to grasp what had happened. And what had happened was that Fleance got away during the fight when the light was knocked out. He escaped when he was supposed to die.

In this scene there are three murderers. At the beginning of the scene they are kind of waiting around for Banquo and Fleance to arrive. And it all happened in such a quick moment they kind of give away that, in my opinion, they from the lower class because the way they talk after Fleance gets away proves that there choice of words is poor and not very " professional". Maybe if they were professional, then one of them would maybe say, "We need to go get him and finish the job" instead of, " SECOND MURDERER. We have lost best half of our affair. FIRST MURDERER. Well, let's away, and say how much is done." They should have found him and killed him instead of just giving up.

Banquo's last words were, "BANQUO. O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge.—O slave!" I think his last words signify that he wants his son to avenge his dead and get justice for him.

No. The text does not show how Fleance gets away.

Explanation: This is what I put for it so..... u dont have to change it, but still.

Answer 2

I grabbed this from Octaviana, so these aren't my words, but I hope it helps.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are three murderers in the scene. The action occurs at dusk (The First Murderer: "The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.") The scene happens near the palace, in a park. Banquo and Fleance bring a torch to the scene. The First Murderer manages to put out the light, while all three of them attack and kill Banquo. The scene lasts a couple of minutes only, and the action unfolds very quickly. The dialogue is quick, with short, interrupted lines, which is logical considering the fact that this is a murder scene. At first, while they are waiting for Banquo and Fleance to show up, their language is wordier. But then, right before and after the murder, it is swift and abbreviated, telling us that the murderers are members of a lower social class (The Second Murderer: "Then ’tis he: the rest / That are within the note of expectation / Already are i' th' court.") Banquo's last words are that he is betrayed; also, the warning to Fleance to run away to safety. Banquo realizes in an instant that this is a political murder, and that his son is the next potential victim. So, he wants to protect him. We don't see from the text how Fleance escapes.