Macbeth Act 2

Macbeth Act 2

1. Scene 1

   • Banquo tells Macbeth that he has been thinking about the witches while Macbeth says he has not thought about them. 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
       • 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 thinking 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. She notices that Macbeth 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
       • 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 telling them Duncan was murdered and alarms everyone. Macbeth kills the guards 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

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