FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Bad thoughts
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Scorpions
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Pins
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Poison
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Detailed explanation-1: -In act 3, scene 2 of Macbeth, Macbeth says, “O full of scorpions is my mind… thou knowst that Banquo and his Fleance lives.” The scorpions represent both Macbeth’s uneasiness and his dark desire to murder Fleance and Banquo. The knowledge that Fleance and Banquo are still alive fills Macbeth with anxiety and dread.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of visiting the witches, a new flaw is developed in Macbeth’s mind. He becomes very arrogant, thinking that he cannot be defeated. However, in the end his arrogance will cost Macbeth his life. Throughout the meetings between the witches and Macbeth, no lies were told.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth enters and tells his wife that he too is discontented, saying that his mind is “full of scorpions” (3.2.37). He feels that the business that they began by killing Duncan is not yet complete because there are still threats to the throne that must be eliminated.
Detailed explanation-4: -LADY MACBETH 40 You must leave this. O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! Thou know’st that Banquo and his Fleance lives. But in them nature’s copy’s not eterne.
Detailed explanation-5: -The serpent is a symbol used to represent treachery. Lady Macbeth warns her husband to ‘look like the innocent flower, /But be the serpent under’t’ (I. 5.63–4). The symbolism here shows that Lady Macbeth wishes her husband to appear well-meaning and gentle to hide his deceit.