I have to kill him, him and him…looks like I will be busy

So Macbeth is going a little crazy and the paranoia is setting in. Once he realizes that since the witches were right about his future and that they will most likely be right about Banquo’s future he plans to kill his friend and his friend’s kid.

 Maybe if he isn’t know that Banquo’s line would take over the throne after him he wouldn’t have plotted to kill them. However his plan doesn’t exactly go as planned. Everything is set up correctly, hired the murders...check, invite Banquo and his son to the castle...check, tell wife about my nefarious plan...check. All the steps are in motion it’s just the action did not reflect what Macbeth wanted. The guys he hired killed Banquo...but Banquo’s son escaped.

The news of Banquo’s death reaches Macduff and people are blaming his son because he ran away. He was just listening to his dad and actually wanted to live. After part of his plan failed Macbeth goes to the witches and wants a quick fix to know how to stay king. Of course he sees apparitions that tell him exactly what he needs to feel secure about being king. He has to beware Macduff, and learns that no man born from a woman can kill him...hmm sounds sketchy, we will see how that plays out. And that he won’t be overthrown until Birnam Wood is moved to Dunsiane. Of course he starts feeling himself a little bit. That is until he sees Banquo’s line of kings and Banquo as a ghost.

Macbeth plans another murder, and decides to kill Macduff’s family after Macduff flees to England. Cuz it’s not like when you kill his family that he won’t be mad. But obviously according to Macbeth’s logic: if I kill his family he will be too sad with grief to try and retaliate.

  Malcolm says he will return to Scotland once the English king lends him 10,000 soldiers to get Macbeth off the throne after Macduff earns his trust. Macduff eventually learns that his family was murdered by Macbeth, vows to get his revenge.