May
13
2014
May
5
2014
The Understanding Task
LADY MACBETH
Who was it that thus cried? Why, worthy thane,
You do unbend your noble strength to think
So brainsickly of things. Go get some water,
And wash this filthy witness from your hand.
Why did you bring these daggers from the place?
They must lie there. Go carry them and smear
The sleepy grooms with blood.
LADY MACBETH
Who said that? Why, my worthy lord, you let yourself
become weak when you think about things in this
cowardly way. Go get some water and wash this
bloody evidence from your hands. Why did you carry these
daggers out of the room? They have to stay there. Go
take them back and smear the sleeping guards with the blood.
I think that these lines that Lady Macbeth speaks connotes that she is acting and showing herself to be desperate at this moment – Macbeth has killed the king. Normally after murder the person is a rush and, not the person behind the scenes but, in this case Lady Macbeth is showing that she seems to be worrying more about hiding the evidence then Macbeth’s problems of the fact that the King is murdered. To me that implies that Lady Macbeth is more of a deceptive type of person, furthermore, she instantaneously takes the lead role when needed.
