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Water symbolizes purity and is what Macbeth wants to use to erase the signs of his guilt, but as he expresses in this scene, what he has done is so terrible that no amount of water can wash it...
- Summary: Act 2: Scene 1
- Summary: Act 2: Scene 2
- Analysis: Act 2: Scenes 1 & 2
Banquo and his son Fleance walk in the torch-lit hall of Macbeth’s castle. Fleance says that it is after midnight, and his father responds that although he is tired, he wishes to stay awake because his sleep has lately inspired “cursed thoughts” (2.1.8). Macbeth enters, and Banquo is surprised to see him still up. Banquo says that the king is aslee...
As Macbeth leaves the hall, Lady Macbeth enters, remarking on her boldness. She imagines that Macbeth is killing the king even as she speaks. Hearing Macbeth cry out, she worries that the chamberlains have awakened. She says that she cannot understand how Macbeth could fail—she had prepared the daggers for the chamberlains herself. She asserts that...
Banquo’s knowledge of the witches’ prophecy makes him both a potential ally and a potential threat to Macbeth’s plotting. For now, Macbeth seems distrustful of Banquo and pretends to have hardly thought of the witches, but Macbeth’s desire to discuss the prophecies at some future time suggests that he may have some sort of conspiratorial plans in m...
Lady Macbeth faints and Macbeth in rage kills the two drunken guards after claiming that they obviously killed their King. These actions largely free Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from suspicion.
Lady Macbeth sees he has brought the guards' daggers with him, instead of planting them at the scene of the crime. She tells him to return the daggers but he refuses and she goes instead. Explore Duncan's death with annotated text and galleries.
Feb 2, 2023 · Baywatch briefly failed, disappeared, and was reborn. Airing in April 1989, the made-for-TV movie "Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier" ranked among the top 10 most popular shows of the week,...
The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television programme inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. The series, developed by BBC Studios for BBC America, premiered on 3 January 2021 and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 July 2021.
Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains...
