Scenes in this act
- Scene I Macbeth Orders the Murder of Banquo
Banquo suspects that the new king played dirty to reach the throne, but he holds on to the hope that the prophecy about his descendants will also come true.
- Scene II The Couple and the Wounded Serpent
Lady Macbeth sends for her husband, and the two admit that the crown has brought no peace.
- Scene III The Attack on the Road to the Palace
In a park beside the palace road, three murderers wait at nightfall, the third sent by Macbeth himself.
- Scene IV The Banquet and Banquo's Ghost
In the banquet hall, Macbeth greets the guests and, at the door, speaks in a low voice with the first murderer, whose face is smeared with blood.
- Scene V Hecate Rebukes the Witches
In the marsh, amid thunder, Hecate rebukes the Witches for dealing with Macbeth without calling her, and for serving someone who loves his own ends rather than them.
- Scene VI Lennox Speaks Between the Lines
Somewhere in Scotland, Lennox comments to another lord, in an ironic tone, on the official account of the deaths of Duncan and Banquo, which puts Macbeth in a good light, and he calls him a tyrant.
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