Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, plan to flee for their lives-Malcolm to England, Donalbain to Ireland. When his motives are questioned, Lady Macbeth interrupts by calling for help for herself. Macbeth reveals that he has slain the servants. When they return, Lennox announces that Duncan’s servants are the murderers. Macbeth and Lennox go to see for themselves. Macduff exits to wake Duncan, then returns to announce Duncan’s murder. He admits Macduff and Lennox, who have come to wake Duncan. Act 2, scene 3 A drunken porter, answering the knocking at the gate, plays the role of a devil-porter at the gates of hell.She returns to find Macbeth still paralyzed with horror and urges him to put on his gown and wash the blood from his hands. When he finds himself incapable of returning the daggers, Lady Macbeth does so. He has brought with him the daggers that he used on Duncan, instead of leaving them in the room with Duncan’s servants as Lady Macbeth had planned. When Macbeth enters, he is horrified by what he has done. Act 2, scene 2 Lady Macbeth waits anxiously for Macbeth to return from killing Duncan.Hearing the bell rung by Lady Macbeth to signal completion of her preparations for Duncan’s death, Macbeth exits to kill the king. Left alone by Banquo, Macbeth sees a gory dagger leading him to Duncan’s room. Act 2, scene 1 Banquo, who has accompanied Duncan to Inverness, is uneasy because he too is tempted by the witches’ prophecies, although only in his dreams.Lady Macbeth mocks his fears and offers a plan for Duncan’s murder, which Macbeth accepts. Act 1, scene 7 Macbeth contemplates the reasons why it is a terrible thing to kill Duncan.
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