Macbeth Servant Or Murderer Essay

Servant or Murderer In the play Macbeth during act 3 there is a puzzling scene where a mysterious third murderer appears when in the previous scene Macbeth only hired two murderers. There are multiple explanations for this but the most sensible is the unknown servant because they had the ability to be there along with the motivation. The motivation of the unknown servant could be if he or she did not commit the crime of killing Banquo and Fleance, Macbeth would make sure they were killed as punishment. Along with the motivation, the unknown servant could meet the other two murderers in the gardens outside the palace and then return to the party to do his duties because they are not of high importance. Their absence would not be noticed

This leads me to believe that Macbeth would send the unknown servant, assuming that the servant´s loyalty has to be with Macbeth since he is king. Macbeth could have threatened the possibility of killing the servent or harm to their family because Macbeth has the power to do so and they are aware of this. Another one of my claims is that, the unknown servant has no power and no one of importance to vouch for him. They have to do whatever Macbeth says, he serves Macbeth and there can´t be anyone they can tell of this crime because no one would believe a servant of no importance to the land over the king. Since the servant is of no importance, he could easily not be present at the banquet and no one would even think twice about their

The unknown servant would be the only one capable of knowing everyone´s routine such as, other servants, lords, Banquo, and others of high ranking because, they serve them in the castle along with working with other servants. By serving in the castle, the servant can learn the whereabouts of each person either by eavesdropping on other lords´ conversations by serving them daily and learning their habits. I can also infer that the unknown servant knows the routine of other servants by knowing what they do specifically. For example, the cook servants will obviously be in the kitchen of the castle preparing meals all day and land keeper servants will cut the hedges and feed the horses by the stables. The unknown servant would be well aware of the banquet and that more servants would be in the castle preparing for the party. This would make their crime easier to pull off because there will be fewer servants outside to likely witness the murder. The absence of other servants and bystanders outside is more of a reason that the unknown servant would be motivated to kill