Macbeth: The view from below. Three scenes from Macbeth retold by the minor characters.

The Messenger Of all people in his armies, My Lord Macbeth sends me to deliver a letter! I, who have stood before kings and princes, carried messages and gifts of war or allegiance, who has been trusted with the most sensitive and valuable of commissions, now am reduced to carrying letters home to his wife! It is a strange relationship My Lord and My Lady have. It goes against nature even, that she should be …

…with the natural order of God. He tells me to "remove from her the means of all annoyance." Does this mean he fears she is in so much distress that she may seek to remove herself from this world? "Keep eyes upon her" he says, "I think, but dare not speak." Is he as confused as I? Oh I wish I were far and away from cursed Dunsinane, and still ignorant of their Majesties' deeds.