Inside Macbeth's castle, Banquo (Macbeth's buddy) talks with his teenage son named Fleance.
Fleance says there is no moon in the sky. Banquo adds there are no stars in the sky.
The setting of this scene is a very dark night. Macbeth joins them.
When Banquo says he dreamed of the three witches, Macbeth answers...
Well Macbeth is lying. He's been thinking about
the witches nonstop. Banquo and his son leave to go to sleep.
Now, Macbeth sets out to kill the sleeping king. Out of nowhere a bloody dagger
appears before Macbeth. He doesn't know if it's real or just in his imagination.
The dagger leads the way to the king's room. Macbeth walks past the King Duncan's
drugged servants.
...and enters...
Macbeth murders King Duncan.
Lady Macbeth waits for her husband. She would have killed Duncan herself, but he looked too much like her father.
Macbeth arrives bloody and upset.
Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has
brought the bloody daggers from the murder scene. "Take them back!"
Macbeth refuses.
Lady Macbeth grabs the daggers and takes them back to the murder scene.
There is someone knocking on the castle entrance. Lady Macbeth's hands are bloody.
Lady Macbeth thinks that after washing the blood off their hands that will be
the end of their problems.
He is sorry already that he killed King Duncan.
The porter answers the door. He pretends that he is opening the
door to Hell. The man knocking on the door is Macduff, the hero of this play.
Macduff has arrived to accompany the king on the day's journey.
Macbeth leads Macduff to the king's room.
Macduff discovers the murder; he wakes everyone up
including the king's two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain.
While everyone is confused, Macbeth kills the drugged servants. Macduff informs Malcolm & Donalbain that their
father is dead.They decide they should leave quickly. They don't know who the
killer is and they could be killed next. Secretly, they leave.
Minor characters discuss recent events. After the murder of
King Duncan, Nature has been thrown into chaos. Everything's messed up.
Macduff arrives and shares the latest news. People think that
Malcolm and Donalbain hired the two servants to kill their father. Macbeth is
going to be crowned king, but Macduff isn't going to see that. He is going home instead.