The day after he arrives at their home.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's castle at Inverness. (It's in Scotland on Loch Ness)
Duncan's death technically occurs off-stage, in Act 2 between Scenes 1 and 2. Macbeth states at the end of 1.1 "I go, and it is done. The bell invites me./Here it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell." (1.1.63-65) When 2.2 opens, Macbeth has already killed Duncan, and is giving the news to Lady Macbeth.
She wants to kill Duncan and what do you know? he shows up at her front door. Well, that is going to make things easy.
The reaction between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth is initially very different after they kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is enthusiastic but Macbeth regrets his actions.
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Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's castle at Inverness. (It's in Scotland on Loch Ness)
Lady Macbeth uses flattery when she is trying to manipulate her husband, Macbeth, into going through with their plan to kill King Duncan. She praises his manhood and bravery to persuade him to take action.
Duncan's death technically occurs off-stage, in Act 2 between Scenes 1 and 2. Macbeth states at the end of 1.1 "I go, and it is done. The bell invites me./Here it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell." (1.1.63-65) When 2.2 opens, Macbeth has already killed Duncan, and is giving the news to Lady Macbeth.
She wants to kill Duncan and what do you know? he shows up at her front door. Well, that is going to make things easy.
Lady Macbeth isn't anxious to have Duncan at Dunsinane. Dunsinane is the palatial residence where the Macbeths live after they are crowned King and Queen of the Scots. King Duncan is killed at the previous residence of the Macbeths, at Inverness. And the murder of the King is exactly why the Lady seeks, and then delights in, his presence in her home [Act 2 Scenes 5-7].
The reaction between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth is initially very different after they kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is enthusiastic but Macbeth regrets his actions.
Duncan plans to spend the night at a hotel nearby.
Lady Macbeth
After the successful battle at the beginning of Act I, Duncan rewards Macbeth for being a war hero by giving him the title Thane of Cawdor. In the same scene (Act I Scene 4) he rewards Malcolm for no particular reason with the title Prince of Cumberland, and then says, "From hence to Inverness, and bind us further to you." Inverness is the city where Macbeth lives, and Duncan is in effect saying, "Hey guys, the party's at the Macbeths'!" This is significant because it will put him in range of Lady Macbeth, who will be the death of him.
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Lady Macbeth says king Duncan resembles her father, so she encourages macbeth to murder him.
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