McB Act 2

In class I was assigned strangeness to put up on the board, so since I have it already marked in my book I decided to focus on the strangeness imagery in my blog for this act. The first image of strangeness is on page 72, when Banquo says "He hath been in unusual pleasure." In this section Banquo is talking about Duncan, and how he has been in such a good mood since the battle, which apparently is not normal for him. The second occurrence of this image is on page 74, and is once again Banquo who says "I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters." In this case he is of course talking about a dream he had about the three witches. Then on page 90, Lennox says "strange screams of death." In this case, he is actually talking about strange screams of death that are heard by the people during the storm. He is discussing the night that MacBeth killed Duncan. On page 100, there are two images of strangeness. The first is when the Old Man is talking, and he says "Hours dreadful and things strange" and the second is Ross who says "And Duncan's horses- a thing most strange and certain-." They are both discussing how unusual the night in which Duncan was killed has been. Shakespeare keeps describing the night and what has happened as strange. This helps the story and makes it all the more intriguing about what is to come.