Act-II, Scene-III (Synopsis):-As there is more knocking,the drunken porter finally opens the door. Macduff and Lenox enter. Macbeth joins them and Macduff goes in to awaken Duncan. He returns with the news of murder; Lenox investigates the scene and says that the guards seem to have committed the murder as stained with blood they stll slept. Macbeth puts on a show of grief and Lady Macbeth faints(suspected pretence). Macbeth kills the King's guards as if out of anger. Malcolm and Donalbain fearing that their lives are at stake, take to their heels, to England and Ireland respectively.
Dramatic Significance:- The drunken porter's queer imagination and humourous description is structurally important because it is an effective preparation for the tense situation that follows. As the murder of the King is pronounced, the terrified Macbeth wishes that had he died a little earlier he would have been a blessed man. That Macbeth kills the guards is counter-factual.
Act-II, Scene-IV (Synopsis):-Outside Macbeth's castle Ross talks with an old man about the natural calamities that have come to pass this night of murder. Macduff comes in and informs Ross that suspicion has fallen on Malcolm and Donalbain, and it seems that the guards did the deed on their instructions. Macbeth has been chosen the King and has gone to champion coronation.
Dramatic Significance:- The description given by Ross about the previous night's horror is a dramatic interpretation in order to intensify the gravity of the situation. The information regarding the portents is theatrical that gives vent to an air of inauspiciousness. The sudden departure of Malcolm and Donalbain proves anything but promising future for Macbeth.
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