Summary: Lady Macbeth talks to her husband and tells him to stop being so gloomy, that he cant change the past and should therefore stop dwelling on gloomy thoughts. Macbeth informs her that Banquo won’t be at the banquet , but doesn’t tell her about the murder.
Although it is not completely useless, this scene is of little importance compared to the other ones. All we find out is that Lady Macbeth knows nothing about Banquo’s murder. This might be form of foreshadowing or may even hold a hidden meaning, but considering where I am in the book, that much could be said in another scene.
“’Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.” –Lady Macbeth (pg. 91)
“better to be with the dead, whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy.” –Macbeth (pg. 93)
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