Darkness Act 2
Pg 72 – Banquo – “…Their candles are all out.”
Pg. 100 – Ross – “… and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “the night has been unruly…”
Pg. 90 – Lennox – “Clamoured the live long night…”
Pg 78 – Lady Macbeth – “… the fatal bell man, which gives the stern’st good-night.”
There is a faire bit of darkness in Act 2. It is not as prominent as sleep, but it is still visible. Even excluding the quotes this is a very dark chapter. Macbeth kills the king, and begins to become unhinged. He has halucinations of daggers. He kills the king as well as the guards. He claims that the blood from his deeds can not be washed from his hands and that they would stain the sea red. Lady Macbeth warns him not to dwell on this because it would drive him mad. Although none of this direcetly refers to darkness they are all very dark happenings and the overall atmosphere of Act 2 is very dark.
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