These remarks manifest Lady Macbeth's belief that manhood is defined by murder. By Act 5, Lady Macbeth has been saying and doing some freaky things on her nightly strolls. She sleepwalks, continuously trying to wash the imaginary blood from her hands. As she walks, she mutters, "what's done cannot be undone" 5. Meanwhile, Macbeth murders Macduff's family. Malcolm, Macduff, and the English forces march on Macbeth, and Macduff kills him. The thane of Fife had a wife.
Where is she now? The symbolism of the quote 'the thane of Fife had a wife : where is she now? The thane of Fife is Macduff and Macbeth brutally murdered his wife. How was the no man born of woman prediction a trick? His mother gave birth via caesarean section. Whatever the cause for this, Macduff's birth is significant, because it aligns with the prophecy designed to mislead Macbeth.
Macbeth misinterprets this prophecy to mean that no man will ever be capable of harming him since every man is born from a woman. Essentially, Macduff discloses the fact that his mother birthed him by Caesarean section, which means that he was not "born from a woman" as the prophecy stated. Wasn't he born from a woman?
As she walks, she mutters, "what's done cannot be undone" 5. Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? These words are spoken by Lady Macbeth in Act 5, scene 1, lines 30—34, as she sleepwalks through Macbeth's castle on the eve of his battle against Macduff and Malcolm. Lady Macbeth notices that "Hell is murky," and remarks, "Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?
She experiences olefactory hallucinations too: "Here's the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" V. Carrying a taper candlestick , Lady Macbeth enters sleepwalking.
The Doctor and the Gentlewoman stand aside to observe. While Macbeth's guilt causes him to commit further murders in an attempt to cover up his initial crimes, Lady Macbeth's guilt drives her to insanity, and, finally, suicide. These lines show that England is going to take branches and bring it in close and use them as disguise. This will fulfill the prophecy of the forest coming in on Macbeth.
In her last appearance, she sleepwalks in profound torment. She dies off-stage, with suicide being suggested as its cause when Malcolm declares that she died by "self and violent hands. Macbeth says this in Act 2, scene 2, lines 55— Toggle navigation. Basket 0. English Literature Study Guides Advanced. English Literature Advanced Companion.
This website uses Cookies We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. This disease is beyond my practise: yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who have died holily in their beds. Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale. To bed, to bed! Foul whisperings are abroad: unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: More needs she the divine than the physician.
God, God forgive us all! Look after her; Remove from her the means of all annoyance, And still keep eyes upon her. So, good night: My mind she has mated, and amazed my sight. I think, but dare not speak. To her, the blood, which no amount of washing can remove, is a sign of the gnawing, haunting guilt that plagues her.
For the queen of Scotland, blood represents her guilt and sinfulness. Contrarily, for the Christian blood is a sure sign of our righteousness and our good standing with our Sovereign. Unlike Lady Macbeth, the Christians only hope is in the fact that the blood cannot be removed. What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Refrain: O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow; no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus. For my pardon this I see: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea: nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing can for sin atone: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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