FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER
LADY MACBETH BEFORE DUNCAN'S MURDER
My husband’s a weakling ‘will not my dear’; more like ‘cannot my dear’. I never asked anything from him, and when I do, will he do it? NO. If he only killed King Duncan we both would get the power, status and respect we deserve. I will always get the servants to do what I want. Queen Macbeth sounds royal. And the respect, the people and thanes will have to bow down to me, not the other way. I do now, I bow to THEM. We will live in luxury, the finest clothes in Scotland and England. We will have food of the finest tastes in the world.
The luxury we could have only if he would kill the king. He’s too kind to people, and the king unto him. But most of all, I think he is scared to kill the king. I will have to manipulate him in to killing the king. I don’t know how I am going to do it? But I will. It won’t be easy. Better go find him, and persuade him in to my way of thinking. I will accuse him of being a coward – he won’t like that. No soldier likes to be called a coward. That might work!
SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER
MACBETH AFTER DUNCANS MURDER
Daggers three times longer than my own hand, in and out of the body, first in the head, found it to be the fastest and painless way of death, three attacks in to his heart slashed his throat. Then I started walking out of the room, looking back. Thinking what have I done? In confusion I had brought back the daggers. My wife took them back.
But I can’t believe it. I killed a king, I won’t go to Heaven instead to Hell and torture. I wonder if MacDuff suspected me when he found the dead king’s body? I killed the servants, my wife drugged them, and now MacDuff suspects me even more. Should I dispose of MacDuff? Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s sons have disappeared. Everyone suspects them for the killing.
I've got what I wanted or what my wife wanted. I will become king and we will be happy. But what about Banquo? My best friend. I can’t kill him, but he knows too much. He has to go! So has his son. The witches said that HE would be king after me. I can’t let that happen. I won’t let that happen.
SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER
LADY MACBETH AFTER DUNCANS MURDER
He did it! But what a stupid idiot, bringing the daggers back with him. As usual I had to take them back. But I was horror stricken to see the body there; an animal only could have done such a killing. Piercing everywhere, head arms, chest and neck. This was a sorry sight. My husband did this; does this make him an animal?
MacDuff came earlier than expected and he was also horror stricken as I was. I have the power I wanted and I love it. But when I saw King Duncan’s body I wish he had not done it. A stab in the brain would have caused instant death. So why did he continue? Now I am afraid for my self, of my husband. What if he kills me?
I have started to have nightmares of that dreadful night. I wish they would disappear. I can still remember the body of Duncan, lying there on the floor with his heart in his mouth, and to think I still took this title, I should be ashamed of what I have done.
And Macbeth, he should be sorry for what he did to the king, but he is stronger than ever. I think he does not regret the murder he had done. Then he started to act very strangely at his coronation banquet, and I had to cover up for him. I think the guests might have suspected that he killed the king. I must make sure that he does not do this again.
