Act 5 sc 1- CONSCIENCE!!!
| - She says that “hell is murky” which means she feels she is already in hell which is very dark and that she is destined to go to hell as her soul is damned for murdering Duncan |
| - “out, damn spot! Out, I say!” and keeps rubbing her hands as she sees Duncan’s blood on her hands - the murder of Duncan haunts her and she is unable to get rid of his blood on her hands in her imagination - blood symbolizing guilt that she feels over the murder |
| - She exclaims piteously how “the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” – she can’t get rid of the smell of Duncan’s blood on her hands even if she were to cover them with perfume – shows her strong sense of guilt |
| - The gentlewoman said that must have a “light by her continually.” - This means that she has to have a candle (symbolizing goodness/virtue) with her at all times - earlier she had called for darkness (symbolizing evil) to facilitate her evil plan to murder Duncan but now she fears darkness - constant reminder of the evil she helps her husband to commit, the evil acts her husband goes on to commit – her soul is sickened by and terrified of the evil within and around her |
| - in her sleep walking, she relives Duncan’s murder as well as other murders committed by Macbeth - shows she has lost her peace of mind as her guilt torments her nightly – they eventually drove her mad |
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