Act 3, Scene 2, II. 1-10 Macbeth, Tone

             In the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2, of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth sent a servant to send her husband, Macbeth, due to her bad mood. Macbeth also mentioned that he was unhappy too. He knew that killing Duncan was wrong and he felt guilty about it. Lady Macbeth tried to make him feel better and told him to get ready to join his guests that night. Macbeth went on to tell his wife that although they killed Duncan, their deeds are not over because there are still more people who could threaten his thrown. Therefore, Macbeth told Lady Macbeth that he was planning to murder Banquo and his son Fleance. He also reassures her wife to be kind to Banquo at their feast for a fake sense of security for Banquo.
             In this particular scene the audience is well aware that Macbeth is still feeling guilty about his vicious killing of Duncan, even though he has plans of killing more people just so he can keep his thrown. The audience also can clearly see that Macbeth is very indecisive when it comes to how he feels about murdering Duncan. He also went straight from feeling bad about Duncan right to telling his wife about his plan to kill two more people who might have gotten in the way of taking his thrown. This scene is important to the play because a common theme keeps popping up with Macbeth. He has doubts about his actions, but continues to do the most vicious act just to stay King.
            The tone in this scene starts out as reflective and feelings of guiltiness with Macbeth. He speaks to Lady Macbeth and reflects to her about his feelings about Duncan. As Lady Macbeth tries to reassure her husband that the murder was the best thing for him to do, the mood drastically changes from guiltiness to malicious and greedy. Macbeth then explained his idea to kill off both Banquo and his son Fleance just so he can keep his thrown. He is willing to do something as vicious as killing someone just so he can greedily be King.
             During this whole play, Macbeth will feel guilty about each murder but will continue to do anything to ensure his safety and thrown. This scene also foreshadows that Macbeth's greed will continue to overpower his guiltiness and he will continue to kill people under any circumstances. His wife is also most likely to continue to stay on his side and help to convince him that he needs to do this vicious deeds so he and her can continue to have ultimate power.