FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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A spot on her clothes
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A spot on Macbeth’s hands
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A spot of blood on her hands
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The blood of Duncan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ‘spot’ she is talking about is the imaginary blood she sees on her hands from the murders and other crimes she and her husband have been involved in.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Out, damned spot! ‘: Lady Macbeth is trying to wash imaginary blood from her hands. Even today, we talk metaphorically of those who are guilty of some terrible crime of having ‘blood on their hands’, and although Lady Macbeth’s hands are physically clean, they are figuratively stained with her guilt.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Lady Macbeth returns from Duncan’s chamber she holds out her blood-stained hands and says, “My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white, ” claiming that although she has Duncan’s blood on her hands she feels no guilt. That is soon to change.
Detailed explanation-4: -He realizes, in act 3, that “blood will have blood”-he knows that he will have to suffer for his murders. Macbeth recognizes that just as he murdered people to gain power, others on a quest for power may murder him to gain what he has. There is a vicious cycle of bloodshed and violence as a result of Macbeth’s actions.