Act 2 Scene by scene notes.

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Act 2 – Scene 1

Banquo and Fleance are together. There are no stars in the sky and and Banquo is feeling something is going on (this shows Banquo`s wiseness.) Banquo is very tired but refusees to sleep. Banquo cannot sleep because of the witches prophecies, death of Duncan (this shows that Banquo is not blind and is wise.) Macbeth and the servant enter the room. Banquo gives Macbeth a ring from Duncan to Lady Macbeth, and this is the last action Duncan does, he gives a prsent to his murderer (ex. Great Irony). Banquo is having nightmares about the witches but Macbeth does not, they will then talk about this as now it`s time to sleep. Macbeth instructs servants to ring the bell when the drink is ready, probably a code when she drugs them.

Soliloquoy of Macbeth!     -  He is having a hallucination of the dagger a “dagger of the mind.’’ He has two daggers infront of him, the real one and an image on. The image dagger is exactly like the real one. He then sees blood on the image dagger. He noticed that he is wasting time with his conscienceand Macbeth cannot go back. King =  closest to God so if you kill the King you will surely go to Hell. The bell = sign of Duncan`s death. (funeral bell)

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Scene 2

We do not see Duncan`s murder but we are left to imagine it. Owl screeching = the time Duncan is dead. Lady Macbeth is drinking alcohol to calm herself down and moves away from guilt. She is boasting how well she has drugged them. Lady Macbeth did not kill Duncan because he resembles her father asleep (strange reason), therefore Macbeth does the kill. Macbeth becomes obsessed with noises, and is worried about getting caught. He heard:

  1. One son laughs in sleep the other cries murder
  2. One says ‘God bless us’ and the other one ...

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