# Lennox — Macbeth character guide

> Lennox in Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lennox Macbeth

**First appearance:** 0000-macbeth

## Snapshot

A Scottish thane who reports the strange, storm-torn night of Duncan's murder and later turns his quiet suspicion toward Macbeth himself.

## Who they are

Lennox is a thane whose steady presence at court makes him a useful barometer of what Scotland's nobles are willing to say aloud. On the morning after Duncan's murder he describes the unruly night — chimneys blown down, lamentings in the air, the earth feverish — and then coolly reports that the king's own chamberlains seemed the culprits. His growing distrust of Macbeth, voiced in guarded conversation with another lord, marks the shift from public loyalty to private doubt that will eventually rally the opposition.

## In the story

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i)

Lennox is present among the lords attending the royal court.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv)

Attends the banquet and notices Macbeth's agitation.

### [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-vi)

Speaks ironically about Macbeth's actions and inquires about Macduff's whereabouts.

### [Act IV, Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i)

Enters after the witches vanish to inform Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii)

Confirms Donalbain is not with Malcolm and notes the presence of Siward's son.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iv)

Present among the allied forces advancing toward Dunsinane.

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