The porter didn't open the gate sooner when he heard the knocking because he was drunk and took his time getting to the gate.
He is hung over and is taking his time, nursing his aching head.
He is still feeling the effects of a night of serious drinking.
On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth was created in 1823.
Macbeth wishes the knocking at the gate could wake Duncan from his sleep after he murders him, so he could continue to act innocent.
The Porter imagines he is tending the Gates of Hell.
the porter
A porter is simply the man who is in charge of the gate. He's the one that opens it and closes it, and makes sure people who aren't supposed to come in don't. The porter from Macbeth, specifically, is the comic relief after Duncan is murdered. Shakespeare knew that he had to keep people interested, and thus needed to put in something funny. The porter has been drinking all night, and when he hears Macduff and Lennox knocking, he imagines that he is porter to the gates of Hell. He then proceeds to imagine what kind of people he would let in. I hope this helps.
Nothing. "Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate he should have old turning the key." This tells us nothing about the castle. Only the line "But this place is too cold for Hell" suggests that the castle is cold, although it wouldn't have to be very cold to be colder than Hell.
The Porter in the play "Macbeth" knocks at the gate to let Macduff and Lennox into Macbeth's castle after Duncan's murder.
that macbeth's castle is like hell, but then he says that hell is worse than macbeth's castle
he didnt discover any golden bridge
the porter, which is the guy who answers the castle doors at night so that no one else will have to get up