Act+Two+Scene+Three

Macduff: Macduff was the man who was supposed to come and wake up Duncan. When he comes, he meets up with Macbeth, Macbeth pretends to have no idea what is going on. When Macduff comes out from Duncan's room and he horrified. "O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!" (II, iii, 73&74) You can tell that Macduff is worried much more then anybody else. He also is very caring to Lady Macbeth, "O gentle lady, 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in a woman's ear woman's ear would murder as it fell." (II, iii, 96-99) Macduff was obviously very sad and hurt by the death of Duncan. - Hannah K

The porter stumbles through the hallway to answer the knocking, making jokes about the noise and mocking whoever is on the other side of the door. He compares himself to a porter at the gates of hell and asks, “Who’s there, i’ th’ name of Beelzebub?” (II.iii. 3 ). Macduff and Lennox are at the door and when they enter Macduff complains to the porter about how long he took. The porter just jokes come more and laughs about the effects of alcohol, and he says it provokes red noses, sleepiness, and urination. -Spencer

Macbeth enters and Macduff asks to see duncan, but Macbeth tells him that he is still sleeping. He then offers to bring Macduff to see Duncan to make him look less supspicious of the murder."He did command me to call timely on him.I have almost slipped the hour."(II,iii,19&20) Macduff tells Macbeth that Duncan had ordered him to wake him up early and that he had lost track of time. Lennox tells Macbeth and Macduff of the occurences that had taken place and the starnge things that had happened last night. -Colette MCKwicked

Lennox enters and says good morning to Macduff. He then speaks about how he did not sleep the night before because of the strange noises that the outside made. When the people find Duncan murdered, Lennox tells of how they found the servents with the bloody daggars on them all covered in blood. - Alex

Lady Macbeth
In this scene, Lady Macbeth shows her art of deception well - far better than Macbeth does. When she appears in the courtyard/room that the men are gathered in she acts completely clueless as to what is going on even though she herself took part in the cause of the clamor. "Woe, alas! What, in our house?" (II, iii, 102-103). The men try to hide what has happened from her (the height of irony) and she pretends to be flabbergasted by what she does hear. She fakes feeling faint and the men help her inside, thinking she is helpless and weak. I find that this acting on the part of Lady Macbeth is incredibly funny and ironic and only adds to the conniving persona that she puts forth. - Emily Rrrrrrr.

The Porter is the man! Right at the end of scene two the play is so "in tents" it could be in a campground. The Porter serves as comic relief to the audience. Scene three continues after the porter scene with Macduff coming in to wake up Duncan. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth act as if nothing happened, and try not to show guilt. I feel as if Macbeth has much guilt still, but Lady Macbeth does not. She is hartless in this play.- Justin the man R.

In this scene Malcolm finds out that his father (Duncan) has been killed. While Malcolm is wanting to say something about his father murder he is hushed by his brother Donalbain. Donalbain is quickly to convince Malcolm to leave along with him so no harm come apon them. "Why do we hold our tongues, that most may claim this arguement ours"(2.3.99) They then flee to different locations, Malcolm fled to England and Donalbain fled to Ireland.
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Banquo: Enters as Lady Macbeth and Macduff are talking about Duncan's death. Macduff tells Banquo that he wishes Macduff would "contradict thyself" (II. iii. 105). Later in the discussion, Banquo tells Lady Macbeth to leave the area. He tells the men that they should wait until they no longer "suffer in exposure" (II. iii. 149) from Duncan's death to find out who his murderer is. He also thinks that they should meet at a later time. -Jill S.