By:

William Shakespeare

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Analysis of ACT IIScene I

- It is night, Banquo and Fleance are talking and wondering at the time.

- Banquo couldn’t sleep that night because of the bad thoughts he has as if he feels that a crime is about to be done.

- Macbeth comes up and Banquo asks why he isn't sleeping when Duncan went to bed happy and sent them gifts.

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- Macbeth responds that he wasn't as good a host because he was unprepared.

- Banquo dreamt of the witches and Macbeth says that he don’t care but is lying. They agreed that they will talk about that later.

- Macbeth orders his servant to tell his mistress to ring the bell when his drink is ready.

- Macbeth dismisses his servant and then imagines a dagger before him, but he isn't sure if it is real.

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- He says it encourages him to do the deed, showing him how.

- In the night, he dreams of Hecate and the witches, of a wolf howling the time for murder, and compares his stealthy approach to that of Tarquin.

- In horror, he decides to do the deed saying:

Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knellThat summons thee to heaven or to hell.

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Analysis of ACT IIScene II

- Lady Macbeth says that the alcohol that made the attendants drunk has given her courage.

- Omens of death wish the king good night, and Macbeth is going to kill him as the drunk attendants are unconscious.

- Lady Macbeth would have done it if Duncan didn't look like her father.

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- One attendant woke up and said "Murder" but then they went back to sleep.

- Macbeth is troubled because he could not say "Amen".

- Lady Macbeth says not to think that way.

- Macbeth says he heard a voice saying he murdered sleep.

Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep,

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- Lady Macbeth then agrees to put the daggers back, because Macbeth doesn't want to. She says only kids fear death and sleep. She will get some blood on the attendants to make them look guilty.

- Macbeth is troubled by knocking and says that nothing can wash his hands clean, and the blood will make the seas red.

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- She tells him to wash his hands and retire and put on his nightgown so that they will not be suspicious to the watchers.

- Macbeth wishes he did not know what he had done.

To know my deed, 't were best not know myself.

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Analysis of Characters of

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in ACT II

Macbeth

Macbeth is nobleman and a Scottish general in the king's army. At the beginning of the play, he has gained recognition for himself through his defeat of the king of Norway and the rebellious Macdonwald. Macbeth encounter three witches (or weird sisters) who greet Macbeth as thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, and future king. Macbeth, unaware that King Duncan has bestowed upon him the title thane of Cawdor, appears to be startled by these prophesies.

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Macbeth, however, seems to be made of stronger stuff and he continues to cut down anybody who threatens to usurp his thrown. He therefore becomes increasingly isolated and paranoid. The witches further prophecies also deludes Macbeth into believing that he is unstoppable.

Although it appears that Macbeth’s actions are greatly influenced by the women of the play, it is ultimately his own lust for power which drives him forward.

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Banquo

Banquo is a Scottish general in the king's army and Macbeth's friend. With Macbeth, Banquohelps Duncan's forces claim victory over the king of Norway and the thane of Cawdor.

Following the battle, Banquo and Macbeth encounter the witches, who make several prophesies about Macbeth. The witches told him a prophesy that his descendants will be kings.

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Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is Macbeth's wife. When the audience first sees her in Iv , she is reading a letter from Macbeth about his encounter with the weird sisters and about his new title.

Lady Macbeth promises to provide Macbeth with the courage he needs to make the prophecy come true, fearing that his nature is too soft to take the direct route to the throne.

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Sigmund Freud claims that Lady Macbeth is “…ready to sacrifice even her womanliness to her murderous intention…”. It is true that Lady Macbeth is sucked into the same dream of ambition as Macbeth.

It is interesting to note, however, that Macbeth makes up his mind to kill Duncan before he sends word to his wife about the witches prediction. Although, it is undoubtedly Lady Macbeth who keeps him on his murderous path when he begins to falter.

It is very clear that Lady Macbeth loves her husband and when he begins to show signs of madness at the banquet, it is she that protects him.

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Duncan, King of Scotland

Duncan, King of Scotland The loyal but naïve, trusting King. At the beginning of the play when Duncan is betrayed by the original Thane of Cawdor, he grants this title upon the loyal Macbeth who secured the King victory in battle against this Thane of Cawdor.

Ironically, King Duncan later dies at the sword of the trusted Macbeth, the new Thane of Cawdor.

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Fleance

Fleance Son of Banquo and the first in a line of kings prophesied by the Three Witches. Escaping when his father was killed, Fleancerepresents a future Macbeth cannot bear; a line of kings following Banquo and not his own sons.

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Metaphor Analysisof ACT II

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Scene i, line 52

and withered murder

Murder is personified. Withered murder moves like a ghost towards his design.

Scene i, line 55

“, the wolf, whose howl’s his watch,”

The wolf howl is the murder’s watch, like a watchman it tells him how the night is passing.

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Scene ii, line 4“.., the fatal bellman, which gives the stern’stgood-night.” Lady Macbeth compares the call of the owl in the night to the ringing of a bell; the owl crying out before death, is like the fatal bellman who rings a bell before a dead body on its way to burial.

Scene ii, line 27“As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands”.Macbeth compared his hands to those of a hangman because both their hands are covered with blood.

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Scene ii, line 48"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care,“Care is imagined as a mass of silk unworked into threads, each thread being a problem. Sleep straightens out these threads of worries into a clear pattern, and they are worries no longer.

Scene ii, Lines 52-4: Lady Macbeth to her husband about killing those who are asleepLady Macbeth's comparison of the sleeping and the dead to "pictures" exemplifies her extraordinary courage and calm state of mind after the murder. Lady Macbeth should supposedly be faint-hearted because she is a woman; in reality, however, she and her husband have switched roles.

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Symbols in ACT II

Blood:

Blood symbolizes the guilt that sits like a permanent stain on the consciences of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, one that hounds them to their graves.

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References

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