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Act 1 Scene 1 Act 2 Of Macbeth By William Shakespeare
I think that scene 1 act 2 of Macbeth is one of the most important scenes in the story, because it’s the start of everything going bad. We first start of with Banquo and his son, this is very important for later on in the story because we now know who Banquo’s son is, the one who is prophesized to be king. The 3 witches themselves are mentioned in the story as a part in Banquo’s dream. Banquo whose was unsure of the witches is now scared of them and is getting less sleep. This is way of telling the reader that something’s not right. Then we are given Macbeth who is at a now or never situation as the king is asleep in the next room. Macbeth begin to consider killing the king which begins the spiral of everything going bad.

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