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This document summarizes key events and themes from Act II of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. In Scene One, Banquo expresses concerns about the strange events that have occurred. Macbeth claims to be Banquo's friend but is hiding his true intentions. Macbeth then has a soliloquy where he imagines seeing a dagger, representing his ambition. In Scene Two, Lady Macbeth completes her plan of making the guards drunk. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are worried after Duncan's murder, though Lady Macbeth tries to reassure Macbeth. Both of their hands are now bloody from the crime, showing they are equally guilty. Macbeth realizes he can no longer be

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Macbeth

This document summarizes key events and themes from Act II of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. In Scene One, Banquo expresses concerns about the strange events that have occurred. Macbeth claims to be Banquo's friend but is hiding his true intentions. Macbeth then has a soliloquy where he imagines seeing a dagger, representing his ambition. In Scene Two, Lady Macbeth completes her plan of making the guards drunk. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are worried after Duncan's murder, though Lady Macbeth tries to reassure Macbeth. Both of their hands are now bloody from the crime, showing they are equally guilty. Macbeth realizes he can no longer be

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GRADE 12 FAL

‘Macbeth’ – William Shakespeare

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» The act opens with a storm –
Act II summary: foreboding
Scene One » Banquo and his son (Fleance) are
Building to the climax talking. Banquo exposes his concern
» Foreboding
» Macbeth enters the scene and claims to
be a “friend” (l. 11)
» Dramatic irony
» Foreboding
» Banquo questions Macbeth, but does
not suspect his friend as of yet
» Macbeth makes a dramatic
monologue
Act II summary: » Macbeth’s dramatic monologue:
» We are introduced to see the theme of
Scene One appearance vs reality
» Macbeth imagines a dagger before him
» The dagger represents his ambition,
but its fickleness (because it is not
real) represents his hesitation
» A lot of reference to mythology:
» Hecate: head witch
» Tarquin: a Roman king who crept through
the night to rape his host, a woman
named Lucrece
» Lady Macbeth opens the scene, having
Act II summary: completed part of her plan (making the guards
drunk)
Scene Two » There is fear present, however. Macbeth hears
his wife and asks “Who’s there” (l. 8) and Lady
Macbeth is also worried
» When they come to realise who was there, their
partner, they relax but they are still a bit worried
» There is blood on Macbeth’s hands, which is a
symbol of his guilt
» They were nearly caught by Malcom and
Donalbain
» This is a climactic moment, as Macbeth is
forever changed: he can no longer “pronounce
‘Amen’” (l. 31)
» But Lady Macbeth begs him not to focus on this
» Despite Lady Macbeth’s confidence, she is
Act II summary: concerned that her husband will betray their
Scene Two crime
» She notices her husband is weak so she takes
it upon herself to frame the guards
» There is more reference to mythology
» Neptune – god of the sea
» Lady Macbeth’s hands are now also covered
in blood – showing she is equally guilty
» Macbeth accepts that he is never going to be
the same
» “To know my deed, ‘twere best not to know
myself” (l.73)
» There is a knocking from outside the castle
BAIE
DANKIE

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