Macbeth - Study Notes - Act II

1.Who accompanies Banquo at the opening of Act 2? What is his relation to Banquo? Fleance is the one who accompanies Banquo. He is his son. 2.What is Macbeth's hallucination before he murders Duncan? What does this mean? Macbeth's hallucination is a dagger which he wants to grasp but of course he can't, and he realizes that he is seeing the dagger that he plans to use in the murder, a dagger which beckons him toward …showed first 75 words of 439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 439 total…for the crime he committed. While his wife, Lady Macbeth thinks that the water will clean the blood, and everything will be as before. 8.What is ironic about Macduff's replying to Ross' question, "Those that Macbeth hath slain" (Line 23)? Macbeth told them already what went on, but they were still discussing it because apparently Macbeth didn't convince them much. It is ironic because Macbeth was the one who killed both King Duncan and the grooms.