Act 2 Notes

1.       Beginnings

a.       Banquo and Fleance talk on the balcony (Flaence is his son). Was troubled likely over the prophecy.

b.      Macbeth shows up unexpectedly. Banquo and He decide to discuss the witches at leangth later.

c.       Macbeth busts out a soliloquy about the possible deed of killing Duncan, the dagger piercing his mind.

2.       The deed

a.       A bell tolls, with his newfound confidence Macbeth decides to kill the king and queen.

b.      Lady Macbeth is then focused on. She thinks she’s some pretty hot stuff for her audacity, gloats about it for a while.

c.       Macbeth cries out, this worried Lady Macbeth and she readies to kill the king and queen herself.

d.      She meets with Macbeth and finds the deed to be done.

3.       Back to Macbeth

a.       He is distraught the kings final words were amen as they were saying their evening prayers.

b.      Lady Macbeth ignores the crippling sadness and goes deeper to find that he didn’t leave the knife to frame the murder on the maids.

c.       Macbeth goes into shock asking for Neptune’s waters to cleanse him.

d.      Poe-esque knocking occurs that freaks out Macbeth.