"Out damn'd spot! Out, I say! One-two.
In this scene, Lady Macbeth is basically emasculating Macbeth for not wanting to carry out with the plan. After Macbeth explains how he has won respect, Lady Macbeth calls him a coward and questions his courage by saying, "Art thou afeard to be thine own act and valour as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting "I dare not " wait upon "I would, " like the poor cat i' th' adage?" This scene haunts her because she basically caused Duncan's murder. If she hadn't pushed Macbeth, Duncan could have potentially been alive. .
Act 2, Scene 2.
1. Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?.
2. What, will these hands never be clean?.
3. Here's the smell of blood still.
4. Wash your hands, put on your nightgown, look not so pale.
5. To bed, to bed; there's knocking at the gate.
Act 2, Scene 2, describes the emotional events prior to and after the murder. Numbers one, two, three, and the beginning of four refers to the actual murder and Lady Macbeth's reaction to the blood on her hands. This will haunt her later on because she realized that the blood of Duncan was literally and will figuratively stain her hands and because she had no remorse I her actions. All she did after the murder was tell Macbeth to wash the evidence away with water. In line sixty-seven, she states, "A little time clears us of this deed. How easy it is then! " After she tells him to wash away the evidence, she assumes that everything else will be easier. The end of number four and number five refer to Macduff and Lennox knocking at the door. While the knocking frightened Macbeth, it only made Lady Macbeth more careful. When she tells Macbeth to go put on his nightgown, she wants it to look as if they just got out of bed, to avoid any suspicion of prior activities. She states, "at the south entry, retire we to our chamber.
