Act 2 Scene 1
Characters: Banquo, Fleance, Macbeth and a Servant
Location: A courtyard within Macbeth’s castle
Events: Banquo, Fleance, and Macbeth are roaming the castle. (suspicious when they should all be asleep) Banquo wishes to speak about the Witches. Banquo and Fleance leave. Macbeth has a soliloquy, he sees a dagger in front of him, but he cannot touch it (hallucination), he goes on describing the dagger and Macbeth claims that it is the one he is planning to kill Duncan with. His soliloquy is a sign of madness.
Quotes: “Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell” – Macbeth
knell -the sounds of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.