For example, in his mind he can not wash the blood from his hands. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?... Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with (III.iv.93-97). ...
Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts may make her appear as thoroughly irreligiously cold and ambitious, but this is not so. ... As opposed to her seemingly violent character, Lady Macbeth is horrified by blood, and during her sleepwalking soliloquy refers to her hand as if suggesting a delicate stature by uttering this: "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."" ... She now has to wear a mask' of this determined and cold character, creating more distance between her true self and Macbeth. ...
