FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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It will wash off easily.
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It will stain the seas.
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It will someday come off.
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It should be worn as a badge of honor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red’ Macbeth (Act II, Sc.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth becomes convinced that there is still blood on her hands, even after thoroughly washing them clean. She becomes fixated on this idea and washes her hands over and over in an attempt to rid herself of her guilt. In the end, she decides the only way to get rid of the stain is to commit suicide.
Detailed explanation-3: -She replays Duncan’s murder in her mind and feels compelled to wash her hands continually. Lady Macbeth is tortured by guilt.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.