Banquo begins to suspect Macbeth of the murder of Duncan
Macbeth hires assassins to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance
The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance manages to escape. The assassins return to Dunsinane to tell Macbeth
The Macbeths host a banquet at their castle, but Macbeth hallucinates a vision of the murdered Banquo sitting at his place at the table
As an increasingly deranged Macbeth starts shouting at Banquo’s ghost, Lady Macbeth asks all the guests to leave
We learn that Macduff has gone to England to plot against Macbeth with Malcolm
