FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Lady Macbeth
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Macbeth
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Banquo
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King Duncan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The line is spoken by Lady Macbeth, who is plotting with her husband to murder King Duncan. Macbeth has just said, “If we should fail?” and she replies with two words–“We fail”–and then goes on to talk about screwing their courage to the sticking point.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meanwhile Macbeth is experiencing doubts about his plan to murder the King and Lady Macbeth urges him to act like a ‘man’. If we should fail? We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth asks, what if we fail though? She tells him that if they fail they fail, and that will be that, suggesting that it may be a risk but it could be worth it. “But screw your courage to the sticking place/And we’ll not fail, ” she says.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is Lady Macbeth’s answer when Macbeth asks “if they fail”? (line 60) If they fail, they fail, but if he doesn’t give up and if he does what she tells him, they won’t fail.
Detailed explanation-5: -Look out for the most famous line in ‘Macbeth’: “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble, ” said by the three witches.