When Patrick Stewart brought up how he, as Macbeth, spoke to the murderers while making them a sandwich, I felt it was particularly interesting because I never thought about how big of a role symbolism played in that scene. I agree with Stewart as to how it added a horror, but I think it showed how manipulative Macbeth was. Symbolically, simply eating with someone would mean an alliance. But Macbeth did not actually eat with them, he made them food and fed them which I believe would have shown the murders that Macbeth was with them and he would not be the egocentric tyrant he actually is. If the scene was done differently and Macbeth simply ordered them to his bidding, they may have been less trusting of him which would aid in the failure of
