FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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She has no remorse about her actions.
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She once told Macbeth it was easy to forget their crimes.
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She supports Macbeth more than ever.
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She has been refusing to help her husband.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How are Lady Macbeth’s actions in Act V ironic? She has no remorse about her actions.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is ironic about Lady Macbeth’s constant “handwashing"? Dramatic irony; she is apparently washing her hands, but the audience knows she is washing away the metaphorical spots of blood from her involvement in/guilt from the King’s murder.
Detailed explanation-3: -An example of dramatic irony in Macbeth is Lady Macbeth’s obsession with washing her hands because of her guilty conscience. The audience knows that she has been involved in a murder and understands that she is trying to wash away her guilt, while the characters do not know this information.
Detailed explanation-4: -What Happens to Lady Macbeth in Act 5? This scene spells the end for Lady Macbeth, who takes her own life because of her guilt.
Detailed explanation-5: -Summary and Analysis Act V: Scene 1 Lady Macbeth has gone mad. Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her, as she sleepwalks, to recall fragments of the events of the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff.