Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 1 – Summary & Analysis
That evening Banquo and his son Fleance walk through a torch-lit hall in Inverness. Fleance remarks the time, after midnight, but Banquo responds he wishes to stay awake despite his fatigue ...
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Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 2 – Summary & Analysis
Lady Macbeth enters as her husband departs, imagining Macbeth killing the king. She then hears her husband cry out and worries that he has awoken the chamberlains; she cannot understand how ...
Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 3 – Summary & Analysis
A porter moves through the hallway, going to answer the knocking. He grumbles about the noise, mocks the person doing the knocking and, after comparing himself to a porter at the gates of he...
Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 4 – Summary & Analysis
Outside the castle Ross, a thane, walks with an old man and discusses recent events and their abnormal nature. While it is daytime it is dark outside, an owl killed a falcon last Tuesday and...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 1 – Summary & Analysis
Banquo, in the royal palace in Forees, wonders about Macbeth’s impending coronation and thus the prophecies of the weird sisters; the witches said Macbeth would be king so will their second ...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 2 – Summary & Analysis
Lady Macbeth, located somewhere else in the castle, is troubled and sends a servant to get her husband. Macbeth enters and admits he too is unsettled, as his mind is ‘full of scorpions’ as t...
Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 3 – Summary & Analysis
In a wooded park outside the grounds of the palace the two murderers who met Macbeth (and a third) wait at dusk for Banquo and Fleance. When the father and son arrive the murderers confront ...
Duncan’s Kingship in Macbeth
We first meet Duncan behind the battle fields of two battles (against the rebel MacDonwald and an invading Norwegian army) waiting anxiously for any news. From this time until his brutal mur...
Powerful vision of evil in Macbeth – Essay
In Macbeth, Shakespeare presents us with a powerful vision of evil. From the very opening scene of the play, the power of evil is displayed with supernatural activities. The theme of evil an...
When was the murder of Duncan plotted? – Essay
Although Macbeth ultimately murdered King Duncan, his decision to kill was influenced by many. Macbeth’s immediate thoughtless action was influenced firstly by the three Witches and then by ...