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Macbeth Act II Notes
1. Macbeth
Act II
Objective:
• To examine Macbeth’s state of mind immediately
before and after murdering Duncan.
• To recognize new complexities in the characterization
of lady Macbeth.
2. Do you think Macbeth did the right thing,
or did he act too quickly? In your
response, factor in such consequences as
we have seen already (voices,
hallucinations, guilt).
You must provide support from the text
for your opinions.
Do Now
3. Banquo and Fleance are
talking just before they go
to bed.
Banquois uneasy and
cannot sleep.
4. Macbeth enters and Banquo
tells them that Duncan is
happy being at Macbeth’s
castle.
Macbeth responds that if he
had more notice of the King’s
stay, the preparations would
have been larger.
5. Banquosays he dreamt the
previous night of the three
Weird sisters.
Macbeth and Banquo agree
to discuss the prophecies
at a later date.
6. Macbeth’s Soliloquy
When he is left alone, Macbeth
imagines a dagger which is
leading him towards Duncan
“Is this a dagger I see before
me / The handle floating
towards my hand” (Macbeth).
7. Suddenly a bell rings which is a
prearranged signal from Lady
Macbeth that Duncan’s servants
are asleep and Macbeth can
carry out the murder.
8. Lady Macbeth is waiting for
Macbeth to murder Duncan and
return to her.
She is very tense.
She admits that she was unable
to kill Duncan because he looked
too much like her father.
Scene ii
9. Forthe first time, Lady Macbeth
is showing a little weakness.
10. Macbeth returns and describes
the sounds he heard.
He imagined he heard people
praying and warning that
“Macbeth shall sleep no more.”
11. Macbethhas brought the
daggers back with him.
LadyMacbeth has to take them
back to the sleeping guards.
12. She returns and tells Macbeth a
little water will clear them of the
deed.
What does Macbeth say about
the possibility of water washing
away the blood?
13. Shakespeare does not stage the
murder itself. What are some
possible reasons for making it an
un-played scene?
14. Closing Activity:
Examine scene 2 for ways dialogue,
silence, and sound effects make the
murder seem very immediate.
15. Objective:
To recognize the macabre humor in the
porter scene.
To examine public events immediately
after the murder of Duncan.
16. Macbeth – p. 71 (lines 26-43) / p.73
(lines 57-63)
Porter Speech – p. 75 (lines 1-18)
Lennox – p. 79 (lines 53-60) /
Ross - p. 89 (lines 4-20)
Macbeth – p.83 (lines 98-103) / p.85
(lines 119-129)
Key Passages – Choose 2 for close analysis
17. Thecastle is awakened from
drunken sleep by the
knocking at the castle gates.
Scene iii
18. Whilethe porter moves to the gate,
he pretends to be the porter of the
gates of hell.
The analogy of hell and Inverness
becomes even stronger throughout
the play. Guests are warned they
are putting themselves in the hands
of the devil.
19. Eventually
he opens the gate to
Macduff and Lennox, who have
been asked by Duncan to
awaken him early.
Macbeth enters coming to
investigate who has been
knocking.
Macbeth becomes the center of
the play as Lady Macbeth retreats.
20. Macduffgoes to Duncan’s
chamber while Lennox
describes the unnatural
disturbances of the night.
“The night has been unruly …
the earth was feverous and
did shake” (Lennox, scene iii,
lines 46-53)
21. Macduff returns announcing
that Duncan has been
murdered.
“Had I but died an hour before this
chance … All is but toys. Renown and
grace is dead” (Macbeth, lines 83 – 86)
“Innocent Flower”
22. Macbethand Lennox go to view
the murder.
When they return Macbeth
reveals he has killed the guards.
On hearing this Lady Macbeth
faints.
23. Malcolmand Donalbain leave
the country for fear they will
be murdered next.
Malcolm goes to England
Donalbain to Ireland
Duncan’s sons flee
25. Identify the dramatic irony of MacDuff’s
statement to Lady MacBeth in lines 78-80.
Explain the verbal irony of Lady MacBeth
in line 82.
Do Now – p.80
26. Beezlebub = Devil
Obscure bird = Owl
Gorgons – The three Gorgons of
Greek mythology were hideous
sisters with hair of snakes.
Anyone who looked at them
turned to stone.
DEFINITIONS
27. Macduff – Notice his loyalty and
his belief in the divine right of
kings
LadyMacbeth – Maintains her
composure and faints, to take
the heat off of Macbeth
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
28. Ross,a thane, walks outside the
castle with an old man.
Theydiscuss the strange and
ominous happenings of the past
few days
It
is daytime, but
dark outside
Scene 4
29. LastTuesday, an owl killed a
falcon
And Duncan’s beautiful, well-
trained horses, behaved wildly
and ate one another
Imagery of Animals
30. Thestorms that accompany the
witches’ appearances, the death
of Duncan, and Macbeth’s
coronation are more than mere
atmospheric disturbances.
31. Terrible
supernatural
occurrences
often betoken
wicked behavior
on the part of
the characters
“Thou seest the heavens, as troubled
with man’s act, / Threatens his bloody
stage” (Ross, line 5)
32. Interestingly,
Shakespeare does
not show us the scene in which
Macbeth is made king.
Thenews is conveyed
secondhand through the
characters of Ross, Macduff, and
the old man.
33. When Malcolm asks about his
father’s killer, Lennox replies,
“Those of his chamber, as it
seemed, had done’t.”
Suspicion is raised
34. Macduff asks Macbeth why he
killed the chamberlains, and
later expresses his suspicion to
Ross and the old man.
35. Macduff’sdecision to return back
home to Fife rather than travel
to Scone to see Macbeth’s
coronation is an open display of
opposition.
36. The
play establishes Macduff as
Macbeth’s eventual nemesis