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Ross chats with a passer by (an old man) outside Macbeth’s castle. They talk of the strange and uncanny happenings observed lately. The natural order of things seems overturned, there have been reports of an owl eating a falcon and horses breaking stalls, attacking people and even eating each other. Macduff arrives and tells them that Macbeth has gone to Scone and will be crowned King,. Meanwhile Duncan’s sons have run away, which makes them look like possible suspects.

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Banquo is outside the Palace - thinking aloud to himself – he wonders about the witches, their prophesy and Macbeth’s new role as King (he begins to be suspicious ‘I fear thou play’st most foully for it’) and wonder about the other prophesy  foretelling how his own offspring will be crowned. Macbeth arrives and invites Banquo to dinner. Macbeth also thinks about the other part of the prophesy and worries to himself (in soliloquy) that his kingship is a ‘fruitless crown’ and ‘barren sceptre’. With new levels of determination and ambition, he employs two murderers to kill Banquo and his son that evening.

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In a stormy and wild scene, the witches meet Hecate (their leader).  She tells them Macbeth will soon visit. She tells them to make potions for him that will cause visions and create confusion and a false sense of security.

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Lord Lennox and a friend are out walking. They discuss politics and wonder if Banquo’s murder could be blamed upon his son, Fleance. They admit that they also suspect Macbeth for both the murder of Banquo and King Duncan. They discuss how Macduff is currently in England joining King Duncan’s son, Malcolm, as he asks the King of England for help to prepare for a war to overthrow Macbeth and take back power in Scotland. Lennox hopes Macduff wins and saves Scotland from Macbeth, whom he labels as a tyrant.