Scenes in this act
- Scene I The Dagger in the Air
At midnight, in the inner courtyard of Inverness, Banquo and his son Fleance, who carries a torch, are without sleep.
- Scene II The Crime and the Dirty Hands
Lady Macbeth waits alone, nervous, after drugging the chamberlains and leaving their daggers in plain sight.
- Scene III The Discovery of the Crime
Knocking comes at the gate of Inverness, and a Porter, still drunk, who jokes about being keeper of the gates of Hell and wonders who might come, takes his time opening to Macduff and Lennox.
- Scene IV Omens and the Crown
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.
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