- Banquo seems to believe foul play was involved in Macbeth's "fate"
- Macbeth seems to be spreading the rumor that Duncan's sons are the true murderers that have run away from justice
- Macbeth's lunacy has begun; he seems to believe Banquo wants to replace him
- Allusion: Macbeth = Caesar, Banquo = Mark Anthony
- Macbeth has hired to murderers to deal with Banquo and his son Fleance
- Repetition: when mentioning the death of a characters hell and heaven are always mentioned, bidding farewell to the soul and saying "hopefully you can find yourself in heaven"
Scene 2:
- Metaphor: "Full of scorpions is my mind" - head full of cruel/evil thoughts
- Macbeth tells his wife that others are trouble and they must be murdered, he tells her to at innocent of the knowledge
Scene 3:
- The three murders complete half their job, Fleance gets away
Scene 4:
- Setting: Macbeth's dinner/party
- motif: the image of a snake keeps appearing
- Murders tell Macbeth that Banquo's son has escaped
- Banquo appears at the dinner and takes Macbeth's seat
- Macbeth releases his guest as his wife sees him acting bizarre
- Macbeth will go visit the witches tomorrow to know what remains of his story, he will do all in his power to remain king
Scene 5:
- Hecate reprimands the three witches for meddling with Macbeth and something as huge as death
- Hecate is "the mistress of their charms"
- Hecate tells the witches that Macbeth will hear fake prophecies, bringing him false security and plenty confusion
- "security /Is mortals' chiefest enemy"
Scene 6:
- in a conversation between Lennox and a Lord we find out that Fleance is blamed for the death of his father (Banquo); they also reveal that Macbeth is rendered a tyrant
- from the conversation we also learn that Macduff has asked the English King for aid in waging a war against the tyrant
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