Macbeth question

[timwangnyc]

Why does Macbeth mention the bell ring, and what does it relate to?

[eligenzel]

The bell is a funeral bell, because macbeth calls it a knell and i searched up knell and it is a funeral bell. The reason cannot here the bell is because he is going to be dead by the time it rings. It will be for his (duncans) funeral.

[timwangnyc]

As Macbeth says that “the bell invites me. / hear it not, Duncan for it is a knell/ that summons thee to heaven or hell” (2.1.62-64). Macbeth has made his decision of killing Duncan, on one hand the bell is like a battle drum which encourages Macbeth of killing the king, on the other hand it is also a knell which shows that Duncan is going to die.