FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Duncan’s sons
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Duncan’s guards
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The other Scottish thanes
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Himself
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Detailed explanation-1: -"I could not say “Amen"/When they did say “God bless us!” Macbeth says this to Lady Macbeth right after killing Duncan. He heard Duncan’s sons say god bless and he couldn’t do the customary response of Amen because he thinks his soul was just damned to hell. Macbeth says this to his wife.
Detailed explanation-2: -To kill Duncan, Macbeth had to walk past the king’s sons. They are praying as they sleep and Macbeth is concerned that he cannot say amen to their prayers. The inability to say a prayer, or to say amen, was thought to be a sign of being bewitched. Macbeth also believes he will never sleep soundly again.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Macbeth kills Duncan, he goes to Lady Macbeth and is concerned about not being able to say “Amen.” What is her advice to him? She tells him not to think about it so much, or it will make them crazy.
Detailed explanation-4: -LADY MACBETH There are two lodged together. 40 When they did say “God bless us.” LADY MACBETH Consider it not so deeply. But wherefore could not I pronounce “Amen”?
Detailed explanation-5: -He worries that he was unable to say the word “Amen”, indicating that he has possibly damned his soul, and he also reveals that “methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!” (2.2. 38).