Macbeth Acts I and II

ACT I

In the opening if ACT I the three witches are sitting there discussing where and when  they meet again. Then it goes on to King Duncan and the Sergeant discussing Macbeth. Along with them was Banquo and Ross. They were discussing how noble Macbeth was and how good of a soldier he was. The king offered his highest praise to Macbeth. Upon Macbeths' visit the three withches prophesied that Macbeth will become the King. Macbeth then begans to question the three witches by asking why would they pick him to become king when there already is one. Banqou as well is encouraging Macbeth to become king as well. As the story goes along, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that the three witches sent her a letter about there prophecy about Macbeth becoming king. She wants Macbeth to kill King Duncan when be comes to their palace to stay the night. She comes up with a plan to make it seem as if the guards commited the crime by getting them drunk.  At first Macbeth is reluctant to do so but Lady Macbeth pressures him into doing it. The irony of the first Act is, although Macbeth does not feel the same as his wife he still will perform the deed to make her happy. It is like in a sence that Lady Macbeth is the stronger person in the relationship who gives more orders. Also i can infer a bad chain of events to follow in the following acts due to Macbeth not being on the same page as his wife. Furthermore, i can infer that Macbeth and his wife will suffer before the end of the story

ACT II

Act II opens with Macbeth and Banquo further discussing his role of becoming king. Banqou tell Macbeth that he had a dream of the three sisters. At the time Macbeth was not too focused about him becoming king. His mind was on committing the crime to kill the king. He then talks to himself about his deed to kill King Duncan. During this converstaion he discusses the dagger in which will be used to commit the crime. Then he says when the bells rings he will commit the crime and will be summoned to heaven or hell. At this point Macbeth knows once the crime is commited the place will become of sin and will be a place of hell. Once Macbeth has completed the deed, he goes back into his chamber and talks to his Lady Macbeth about the noises she hears. During this time, Macbeth discusses the words of the drunk soldiers and the others around him. Lady Macbeth also gets mad at him for bringing back the daggers, and takes them back to the murder scene to try to cover up the trail. She then tells Macbeth to wash his hands with water to get the blood off. After the murder was done the sons and others gather to see who could have commited the crime. As the Act concludes strange things began to happen. An owl killed a falcon, and the kings' horses we eating each other. This is ironic because after the crime was commited strange things began to happen. This is signalling more bad things to come along. It also says how the sun had not risen in the day time. Also Ross and Macduff thinks it was the kings sons who did it because they were next in line to inherit the throne but they fled. Lastly, i belive the actions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will catch up with them. I think this because, the murder was plotted carelessly, and both of then were not on the same page. I can infer that Macbeth will become king and one of the drunk soldiers come forward about them seeing Macbeth.