Old Man

Macbeth here has given reasons for and against killing Duncan, and even though he finds may reasons against killing him (Duncan is a good king, people may find out he killed him, Duncan always rewarded those worthy of praise and that he was nothing but nice and kind to Macbeth). He only could find 2 reasons to kill him, that is for his Vaulting Ambition and for him to become King.

Lady Macbeth here reflects on her husband's character, she knows that Macbeth is capable of ambitious dreams but thinks that he is too ruthless to achieve those dreams. These lines reflect Lady Macbeth’s own philosophy of power, in which only individuals who are willing to set their morality aside will rise to greatness.

This quote may go to show that it's the witches/the supernatural control the weather, and that they already know that they will meet Macbeth to give him the three prophesies.

Macbeth starts to get delusional, in fact before murdering Duncan he hallucinates seeing a dagger that is pointing to King Duncan's room, he also hears a bell and 'see' Banquo's ghost at dinner after being told that he has been murdered as ordered.

Lady Macbeth asks / calls on the power of the supernatural to be able to not only have power over her husband but in order to also lose her femininity

King Duncan had just ordered for the ex-Thane of Cawdor to be executed and has promoted Macbeth in his place for the bravery he had shown whilst in battle against Macdonalwald (in the civil war) and against the ex-Thane of Cawdor who attempted to help the Norwegian King invade Scotland

Lennox accuses Macbeth from killing King Duncan and Banquo, there by showing that not only did he have to kill King Duncan to achieve becoming king, but after becoming king he also killed Banquo as he was present when the witches gave Macbeth the 3 prophecies. In this scene, Lennox uses sarcasm whilst speaking about Macbeth 'grieving' King Duncan.

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x3 witches

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

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x3 Witches

old man - Act 2 Sc 4