Act 2 scene 3

Cards (15)

  • In Act Two, Scene Four of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Ross and an Old Man enter, discussing the unnatural events of the previous night.
  • The Old Man recounts that for 70 years, he has been able to remember everything that has happened and has seen many strange and dreadful things.
  • The Old Man describes the previous night as making everything else seem like a joke.
  • Ross agrees with the Old Man, stating that the skies are troubled by the things men have done and that the clock should indicate daytime, but it is a dark night trying to put out the sun.
  • Ross suggests that the darkness spreading across the earth should still be daytime, indicating a power struggle between daytime and nighttime.
  • The Old Man's statement that it is unnatural for a falcon to be caught and killed by an owl, symbolizing the unnaturalness of the murder of the king, will be analyzed in the next video.
  • Macduff enters the scene and asks how everything is going.
  • Ross tells Macduff that he is going to Scone for the crowning, but Macduff replies that he is going to Fife.
  • Malcolm and Donald Bain, the king's two sons, have slipped away and fled, putting the suspicion on them.
  • Macbeth is expected to become king, and Macduff has already been named to the new king and gone to Scone to be crowned.
  • Ross replies that it is known who committed the murder, Macbeth's men.
  • Ross states that the ambition to kill the person who's given them life and supported them is against the natural way of things.
  • Norse mythology features horses that are very strong and beautiful, but they went wild and broke their stalls, refusing to obey anyone as if they were trying to fight against all mankind.
  • Duncan's body has been taken to Conkil, the place where his ancestors' bodies are kept.
  • In the play "Macbeth", the old man says that the horses tried to eat each other and that Macduff is coming.