1. Act II Scene i Banquo’s integrity Prays to the “merciful powers”
Declares loyalty to Duncan
Macbeth’s soliloquy
“Is this a dagger I see before me…”
Real vs imaginary
Images of blood
Scene ii
Macbeth after Duncan’s murder
Unsettled
guilty
Lady Macbeth after Duncan’s murder
“A little water clears us of this deed.”

2. Scene iii
Porter Scene
Lennox and Macduff are introduced
Macbeth kills the guards
Lady Macbeth “faints.”
Malcolm and Donalbain flee to England and Ireland, respectively
Scene iv
Nature and disorder
Macbeth is to be crowned at Scone.
Macduff returns to Fife, his home.