Act+Two+Scene+Two

In Act 2, scene 2 of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is dead set on making sure that the king be murdered. Even though Macbeth second guesses it, she forces Macbeth to comitt the crime that she wanted to do herself, but couldn't because Duncan looked like her father while he was sleeping. She had already plotted to set the chamberlains up with daggers to make it appear that they killed the king themselves. Furry becomes of Lady Macbeth when she finds out Macbeth failed to leave behind the daggers, so Lady Macbeth must finish the job by herself. She tells her husband, "A little water clears us of this deed." (ll.ii.65-66) BEC

Lady Macbeth- She remarks on her boldness, she imagines that Macbeth is killing the king even as she speaks. She hears Macbeth cry out, and worries that the chamberlains have awakened, she does not understand how Macbeth could fail, she prepares the daggers for Macbeth, and he does the murder. She later gets upset because she has noticed that Macbeth did not leave the daggers with the scene of the murder. B.A.D

Banquo- In this scene, Banquo does not have much of a part. However, when he does have a part, he is very agitated. Not long after arriving at Macbeth's castle, he finds out that the king himself, Duncan, has been murdered by an unknown party. After much discussion on the part of others, Banquo first helps Lady Macbeth leave, because she was to "frail"(yeah right) to hear what they had to say. Then he suggests that they get together after their heads have settlled a bit and sicuss the matter more. A.E.S.

ll,ii This scene starts out with Lady Macbeth talking about how bold she is. " Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done ' t. (ll,ii,55) Then Macbeth comes in and says that he did the deed, and he still has the bloody daggers in his hands, which was not the plan. Macbeth was supposed to kill Duncan with the daggers and leave them in the room to make it look like the chamberlains did it. Macbeth could not go back, so Lady Macbeth went. She comes back and Macbeth is still shook about the deed. I really don't think Macbeth wanted to kill Duncan that much. I think it was more Lady Macbeth calling him a coward that made him break. So then they hear a knocking and they leave and get cleaned up. (ll,ii,55-61) Brooke