🔍Macbeth and Lennox find King Duncan murdered
😱Macbeth claims to have killed the guards in a fit of fury
🤔Malcolm and Donalbain suspect foul play
💔Macduff expresses grief over the murder
😓Lady Macbeth fakes a faint to divert suspicion
🔍Macbeth and Lennox find King Duncan murdered
😱Macbeth claims to have killed the guards in a fit of fury
🤔Malcolm and Donalbain suspect foul play
💔Macduff expresses grief over the murder
😓Lady Macbeth fakes a faint to divert suspicion
Who discovers King Duncan's murder?
—Macbeth and Lennox discover King Duncan's murder.
Why does Macbeth claim to have killed the guards?
—Macbeth claims to have killed the guards in a fit of fury.
Who suspects foul play?
—Malcolm and Donalbain suspect foul play.
How does Lady Macbeth divert suspicion?
—Lady Macbeth fakes a faint to divert suspicion.
Who expresses grief over the murder?
—Macduff expresses grief over the murder.
00:09Act 2 Scene 3 begins with a hungover Porter stumbling through the hall to answer the knocking. Macbeth arrives and tells Macduff and Lennox that the king is not yet awake. Macduff goes to get the king while they wait.
00:36Lennox describes the unruly storm that passed through the previous night. Macduff rushes back shouting that the king has been murdered. Lady Macbeth comes to see what is going on.
00:59Banquo arrives and Macduff tells him what has happened. Macbeth and Lennox return with Ross just ahead of Malcolm and Donalbain. Lennox tells the sons that their father has been murdered most likely by his Chamberlain's.
01:12Macbeth explains that he killed the guards in a fit of fury. Lady Macbeth appears to faint and everyone goes to her aid except Malcolm and Donalbain.
02:13Macbeth receiving praise for killing the guards, except by Macduff who knows that dead guards can provide no information. Malcolm and Donalbain decide not to meet the thanes, suspecting foul play.
