FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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tries to wash her hands
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tries to commit suicide
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tries to kill Macbeth
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tries to escape
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Detailed explanation-1: -She rubs her hands in an attempt to wash the blood away. The blood represents her guilt, which she cannot cast aside any more than she can wash away the imaginary blood.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -’Out, Damned Spot’: A Summary and Analysis of Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking Scene. ‘Out, damned spot’ is one of the most recognisable phrases uttered by Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth’s hand-washing is the sign of guilt. It speaks of a contamination that can never be washed away. This scene at the beginning of the play’s fifth act is Lady Macbeth’s swansong – as Verdi realised in his opera, giving her a gloriously controlled aria at this point.
Detailed explanation-5: -Since Macbeth is too shaken up to do anything, Lady Macbeth takes charge, calls him a wimp, and hauls the daggers back to Duncan’s chambers. When she comes back, she tells a still distraught Macbeth to snap out of it, wash the blood off his hands, and put on his nightgown, in case someone finds them awake.