Macbeth Act II Notes

Scene 1

• Macbeth and Banquo talk about the witches in the castle
• After Banquo leaves, Macbeth hallucinates in seeing a floating dagger in the air
• He becomes doubtful, but makes his resolve
• Lady Macbeth rings the bell to mark the start of the murder

Scene 2

• Macbeth kills Duncan as planned
• he leaves the dagger in the room feeling very uneasy about the murder
• talks about cleansing his dirty hands symbolically
• he hears a knocking noise

Scene 3

• the knocking was Lennox and Macduff
• they went to go see the king and find out he's dead
• everyone is in chaos, people start to worry about themselves

Scene 4

• Ross talks about the abnormal actions going on lately
• Macbeth is made king