Macbeth Act 2

Macbeth Act 2

1. Scene 1

   • Banquo tells Macbeth that he has been thinking about the witches and how what they have said has somewhat came true while Macbeth says he has not thought about them then adds that he has a proposition for Banquo and he says he will do it as long as it is not morally wrong. Macbeth later that night hallucinates a dagger facing the direction of Duncan. Lady Macbeth signals that Macbeth can kill Duncan now
     • "I think not of them"
       • "Allegiance clear"
         • What Macbeth wants has to be morally right
         • "Bloody business which informs"
           • Dagger is his thoughts about the Murder
       • Macbeth says he doesn't think about the witches when secretly that's all he has thought about

2. Scene 2

   • Lady Macbeth is waiting for Macbeth and is excited at the thought of Duncan dying,she thinks to herself that she would have killed Duncan but couldn't as it would remind her of her father. Macbeth comes in scared and worried as the guards were talking in their sleep and was unable to say amen. She notices thatMacbeth kept the daggers so Lady Macbeth so takes them herself.
     • "Had he not resembled my father as he slept"
       • "I could not say 'amen'"
         • Macbeth feels god left him as he murdered Duncan
         • "bring these daggers from the place"
           • Questions why Macbeth didn't leave the daggers
           • "Little water clears us of this dead"
             • She says that washing their hands will relieve them from guilt
       • She would have killed him if he didn't look like her father

3. Scene 3

   • The porter says that he is the 'gate keeper of hell' then lets in Macduff and Lennox who have came to collect Duncan. Macduff returns in shock telling them Duncan was murdered and alarms everyone. Macbeth kills the guards in fury but then DonalBain and Malcolm flee the country for safety
     • "Porter of hell gate"
       • Feels he is the gate keeper of hell
       • "Most sacrilegious murder"
         • Duncan was murder'd
         • "Let's away"
           • Says they should flee so they don't face the same fate

4. Scene 4

   • Ross and Macduff talk about the murder and finds it odd as there was no motive to kill Duncan
     • "Thriftless ambition"
       • Ross says there was no point in the death of Duncan for the two sons