FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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thanks the witches for their prophecies
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makes references to her husband’s murders
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protests that she is innocent
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threatens the doctor and her maid
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. These incriminating words are overheard by the Doctor and a lady-in-waiting.
Detailed explanation-2: -’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-3: -Here, Shakespeare shows that despite all her courage, ambition and strength of purpose, all that has been ‘done’ is not past, but present – and ever present – in Lady Macbeth’s mind. She refers to her earlier words when she says, ‘What’s done cannot be undone’ (lines 60–1) revealing her guilt.
Detailed explanation-4: -Then she tells him her plan: while Duncan sleeps, she will give his chamberlains wine to make them drunk, and then she and Macbeth can slip in and murder Duncan. They will smear the blood of Duncan on the sleeping chamberlains to cast the guilt upon them.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking indicates that she has a guilty conscience and is slowly losing her mind. The fact that she is washing imaginary blood from her hands reveals that she feels guilty for participating in King Duncan’s murder.