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Scene 2: Macbeth’s Heroism in Battle

Elsewhere, King Duncan of Scotland stands in his war camp, anxiously awaiting news of battle. A wounded captain, blood staining his armor, staggers in. He describes the battlefield: the Scots were on the verge of defeat against the traitorous Macdonwald and his Irish mercenaries, but then Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, charged into the fray like a beast, slicing Macdonwald from his navel to his jaw. The battle seemed won—until the Norwegian king launched a new assault. But again, Macbeth and his companion Banquo fought valiantly, leading Scotland to victory. Duncan is impressed and orders that the treacherous Thane of Cawdor be executed, and that Macbeth be given his title as a reward.