- Banquo and Fleance up at night. Unable to fall asleep.
- Macbeth enters
- Banquo tells him that the Duncan is sleeping and has brought many presents with him
- Macbeth and Banquo have a conversation about the witches' prophecies and how they are on point with what is happening.
- Shortly after Macbeth is contemplating weather to kill Duncan or not: being dramatic, comparison to Hamlet's soliloquy...
- He finally decides he is going to kill him... "Duncan for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell."
Scene 2:
- Lady Macbeth got servants very drunk
- Macbeth kills Duncan in his sleep
- Lady Macbeth says she would have killed him herself if he did not remind him of her father while he slept.
- Macbeth is feeling sorry/guilty about what he did. He stares at his hands and describes the murder as a sorry sight.
- Lady macbeth gets bothered by this commentary and brushes it away.
- Macbeth starts getting very guilty and starts speaking non sense about never being able to sleep.
- Lady Macbeth insults him calls him a coward and gives him the instructions on what to do with his bloody hands.
- Lady Macbeth is determined to do what Macbeth is not.
- Macbeth is getting paranoid with every noise.
Scene 3:
- Drunk porter knocks on the door
- He starts saying who could potentially be on the other side knocking: a farmer, English tailor, etc
- Macduff and Porter have a conversation about what drinking does to you.
- Lennox and Macduff greet Macbeth
- Macbeth tells them the king is arranged to leave
- Lennox w/o knowing about Duncan death...there was death in the air last night, cry in the air etc
- Macduff breaks the news to Macbeth and Lennox that Duncan is dead
- Lady Macbeth joins the fun just in time to appear innocent
- Banquo is shocked about the death
- Malcom & Donalbain enter and Macbeth breaks the news to them
- Macbeth tuns himself in by saying he killed him??
- Malcom & Donalbain decide to grive later but leave right away
- Lady Macbeth makes a scene and is taken away
- A meeting will take place in the hall
- Malcom headed to England
- Donalbain headed to Ireland
- They have both figured out that there is no mercy for their loss and everything is fake and they would rather be away from danger and drama
Scene 4:
- Old man and Ross speaking about the night of Duncan's death...dark and unlike any other
- Rumor has it that his horses went wild & ate each other
- Macduff & Ross speak of the death and servants
-They believe someone paid the servants to kill Duncan
- Suspect the sons of Duncan b/c they have fled
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