SCENE 1 - In some unspecified place, in the middle of fog and filthy air, the witches plan to meet with Macbeth after the battle. SCENE 2 - King Duncan's armies have recently battled the armies of Macdonwald near Forres. King Duncan, his sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, and Lennox encounter a wounded Captain and inquire about the course of the battle. The captain informs them that just when the battle seemed lost to Macdonwald's rebel forces, Macbeth …showed first 75 words of 1715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1715 total…an to murder King Duncan. He means that they should go to a feast and pretend to be the King's loving subjects, even though they plan to kill him that night. In the scene in which the bloody corpse of King Duncan is discovered, Malcolm and Donalbain, the King's sons, fear that they'll be the next victims of murder. "Where we are, / There's daggers in men's smiles", says Donalbain. Just afterwards, they flee Macbeth's castle.