Macbeth says,
I go, and it is done. The bell invites me
. The bell means that Macbeth is now going to commit the murder, which is why it's Duncan's death knell.
What did Macbeth think he heard while killing Duncan?
He adds that as he killed the king, he thought he heard a voice cry out: “
Sleep no more, / Macbeth does murder sleep
” (2.2. 33–34).
What did Macbeth say after he killed Duncan?
For Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, it comes and goes. Immediately after murdering Duncan, Macbeth experiences a combination of remorse and panic. He says that he has heard a voice saying
“Sleep no more!
What is Lady Macbeth's prayer to the spirits?
Unlike Macbeth, who hopes there's a way he can become king without taking action himself, Lady Macbeth immediately accepts that murder is necessary to achieve her goals, and prays for the resolve necessary to commit the act: “
Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/ and fill me from the crown to
…
How does Macbeth Act just before he murders Duncan?
Before he kills Duncan,
Macbeth's state of mind is ambitious because he wants to become king, but he shows hesitation to act
. He is more passive than Lady Macbeth, who has to convince him to usurp the throne. Following the murder of Duncan, Macbeth becomes increasingly unstable.
What cries out during Duncan's murder?
Macbeth tells his wife what happened when he was killing Duncan.
‘Murder!'
Again to sleep. One cried ‘God bless us!'
Why does Macduff think Macbeth killed Duncan?
Macduff finds King Duncan dead in his room. … When the lords go to arrest Duncan's guards, they discover that Macbeth has killed them. He says it's
because he was so angry with them for murdering Duncan
, but it looks really suspicious. Duncan's sons are scared that they might be next on the hit list, so they run away.
Who is suspected of killing King Duncan at the end of Act 2?
Macduff joins them, informing the two that King Duncan's two attendants are the ones who killed him. He adds that someone likely paid them to commit the horrible act. Macduff suspects King Duncan's sons,
Malcolm and Donalbain
, leaving Macbeth as the king's successor, or next in line for the throne.
What is Lady Macbeth's prayer to the spirits after she learn Duncan is coming?
She pleads for the “spirits” to “
unsex me here
“: remove female characteristics and make her more like an aggressive, merciless man. She pleads to be filled with “direst cruelty.” She pleads for the spirits to replace her mother's milk with poison.
What is Lady Macbeth's prayer to the dark spirits after she learns Duncan is coming?
What is Lady Macbeth's “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is coming”?
She wants to be filled with cruelty, given a hard heart and the thick blood necessary to do what has to be done in order to make Macbeth king.
What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?
Although Lady Macbeth wants Duncan dead (and although she provides the knife for Macbeth to use), she doesn't do it herself. The excuse she gives is
that Duncan, when sleeping, looks too much like her father.
How is Lady Macbeth presented as manipulative?
Lady Macbeth
manipulates her husband with remarkable effectiveness
, overriding all his objections; when he hesitates to murder, she repeatedly questions his manhood until he feels that he must commit murder to prove himself.
Why did Lady Macbeth get Unsexed?
Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to “unsex” her because
she does not want to act or think like a stereotypical woman of Shakespeare's time
. … She wants to be able to kill the king, to keep her resolution to do it, and she fears that her nature, as a woman, could prevent her from doing so.
Who did Duncan resemble as he slept?
Duncan looked like
Lady Macbeth's father
.
Where is Duncan killed?
In Macbeth, Duncan is killed at
Macbeth's castle Inverness
.
Who does Lennox think murdered King Duncan?
Lennox thinks that
Macbeth
is a murderer, and that Fleance and Duncan's sons are innocent of the rumors that they killed their own fathers.
