FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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This tells us that she is afraid of being blamed for Duncan’s murder.
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This tells us that she distrusts Banquo.
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This tells us that she does not want Banquo’s descendants as kings.
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This tells us that she is worried about Macbeth’s and her sanity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Early in Act III, Lady Macbeth says “Naught’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content.” This tells us that she is afraid of being blamed for Duncan’s murder.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content: ‘tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Lady Macbeth; They got what they wanted (Duncan dead) but they are not content. They say it is better to be killed than to live with the anxiety and guilt.
Detailed explanation-3: -LADY MACBETH Naught’s had, all’s spent, Where our desire is got without content. Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Enter Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Now that Malcolm has been named Duncan’s successor, Macbeth is convinced that he can become king only by killing Duncan. Act 1, scene 5 Lady Macbeth reads her husband’s letter about his meeting the witches. She fears that Macbeth lacks the ruthlessness he needs to kill Duncan and fulfill the witches’ second prophecy.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the scene with Lady Macbeth that follows, Macbeth again echoes her previous comments. She told him earlier that he must “look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t” (1.5.63–64).