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Macbeth · Act II · Scene IV

Omens and the Crown

Scene summary

Outside the castle, Ross and an Old Man talk about the unnatural night: the day that looks like night, the falcon killed by an owl, and Duncan's horses gone wild, devouring one another. Macduff arrives and reports that the chamberlains were thought to be bribed, that the king's sons have vanished and raise suspicion, and that Macbeth has been elected and has set out for Scone to be crowned. Macduff goes to Fife.

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