FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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To punish him for acting so mad
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To console him and calm him down
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To question his thoughts to the brink of madness
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To vanquish his fears by insulting him
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Detailed explanation-1: -Page 29, 2.2 “Why, worthy thane, you do unbend your noble strength to think so brainsickly of things.” She means that Macbeth is driving his self-crazy thinking about the repercussions of killing Duncan. She says this because she wants him to forget about it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth chides Macbeth that although her hands are of the same colour (red) she would shame / To wear a heart so white (line 65). She believes that A little water clears us of this deed (line 67), suggesting that the crime could simply be washed away and their consciences cleansed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lady Macbeth returns and chastises her husband for his cowardice. She tells him not to worry because a little water will wash away the blood. Water will not, of course, wash away the guilt.
Detailed explanation-4: -When you unbend the bow, you relax the tension and thus the strength of the shot. Lady Macbeth uses this archery imagery to tell her husband that his anxiety is weakening his “noble strength.”