Act II takes place mostly inside Macbeth's castle, generally in the hallways but also in a few different rooms there. The last scene in this act (Scene 4) takes place just outside the castle.
Let's take a closer look:
Scene 1 takes place at night, inside the castle, while the king is in bed. Macbeth talks with Fleance and Banquo in the hall and then sees the vision of the dagger.
Macbeth commits the murder, and then Scene 2 involves him talking with his wife about which rooms their different guests are sleeping in (Macbeth and his wife are still out in the hall). Lady Macbeth goes into one of the bedrooms for a moment to plant the daggers there to frame the guests for the murder, and then she comes back out into the hall to her husband. Finally, she leads him into their bedroom so he can wash up.
In Scene 3, the action mostly takes place in the hallway again, with Macduff briefly going into the king's bedroom, finding him dead, and coming back out into the hall. Of course, on discovering what's happened, a lot of the other characters go into that bedroom to see for themselves, then exit the bedroom. That's when Lady Macbeth faints and is taken away from the hallway.
Scene 4, as I mentioned, is the only one in the act that takes place outside the castle. This is when Ross, the old man, and Macduff all discuss what's occurred, and how creepy things have been happening ever since the murder.
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