"Too full o' th' milk of human kindness," (1.5) Lady Macbeth describes her husband in this way when he is first faces with the task of eliminating Duncan. ... She is inevitably driven to insanity as guilt completely consumes her. ... In fact, at one point she imagines blood on her hands that she cannot remove no matter how many times she washes them. ... It is a tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing.... Murder and violence is so common that Macbeth nor the entire kingdom even blink an eye anymore. ...

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She is full of "Dutch courage," and boasting of her part in the plot to murder Duncan. ... She was willing and prepared to commit a terrible murder. ... She also mutters exclamatory utterances, "Hark! ... We are already aware that Lady Macbeth thinks her husband is "too full o'th milk of human kindness" from Act I and had she not convinced his to murder the king none of the trouble they are encountering would have occurred. ... He is like this until Lady Macbeth takes the situation into her hands and says "tis the eye of childhood." and even though her "hands are of Macbeth's colou...

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In her soliloquy she asked the spirits to: " Unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty Come, thick night, And pull thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!"" ... He was "too full o" the milk of human kindness" (Shakespeare, I, v, 17) in her point of view; his gentleness would get in the way of their plans, which was the case. She was forced, under her own circumstance, to bring out the worse she could think of. She had to someho...

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She is very vocal about her desires, and says she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. ... "Come, you spirits/ that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/ And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/ Of direst cruelty!... She says how glad she is to have him there and how loyal she is to him, but little does he know that she wants him dead. ... She calls him a coward and a child before she leaves. ... 'Tis the eye of childhood/ That fears a painted devil. ...

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"Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty.... She even openly "orders" the supernatural forces to "unsex her", as if she could not reconcile her malevolent, evil intentions with the fact that she was a woman. ... "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. ... Bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue. ... She rejoices and exults that soon she will be able to embrace her family again and be able to serve the ...

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First, he uses animal imagery to deliver the following statements: "We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it" (3.2.15)[,] and " O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife" (40)[.] ... Lady Macbeth is unhappy even after she's achieved her desires. ... Lady Macbeth says that nothing has been gained while she and Macbeth have lost everything. To comfort Macbeth, she tells him that they can't do anything to change their past. ... Lady Macbeth's weariness is revealed when she says "How now, my lord! ...

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This is the inescapable bond that keeps him "pale" and at Act 3 Scene 2, he states: "Come seeling night Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale" The above quote by Macbeth demonstrates that he imagines that the execution of more murderous deeds, (instigation of the murder of Banquo), will help him pursue his interest of personal safety and also destroy any personal humanity left within himself. ... Macbeth also feels that the killing of Duncan has cut him off from God, because before the...

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Jealousy is a motive that leads the witches to strike and " The witch derisively sees her enemy as a sexual object whose role she intends to usurp " (Biggins 256). ... His mind is racing at a thousand miles a minute while his wife, Lady Macbeth, feeds plans of what she believes will make them prosperous as a whole. ... I is too full o'th' milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way " ( I.iv.16-18). ... Near the end she sees that peace of mind will never come again because of all her and Macbeth's guilt. ... In his monstrous way, Macbeth reflects on how " He has anticipated ...

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