Macbeth Character Analysis
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Macbeth Character Analysis
After the deed
Macbeth returned to the corridor, staring at the daggers in his hands. He had meant to leave them beside the sleeping guards, but now he seemed unable to move. Somewhere in the castle, a door groaned. He flinched. “I heard a voice,” he whispered. “It cried that I had murdered sleep.” Lady Macbeth glanced towards the chamber. “Do not feed your fear. Take the daggers back.” Macbeth looked at his hands as if they belonged to someone else. “I cannot go back.” She seized the daggers from him. “Then I will.” Her voice was firm, but she would not meet his eyes. A moment later she returned, rubbing her hands together. “A little water will clear us of this.” Macbeth listened to the silence. It seemed louder than any cry. “Will all the ocean’s waters wash this blood from my hand?” he said. Lady Macbeth turned sharply. “Your thoughts are making a coward of you.” Yet, as she spoke, she too glanced at her hands. The corridor was still. Neither of them looked at the other.
Read closely
Use precise details from “After the deed” to support your interpretations.
- He hears a door groan in the castle.
- He looks at his hands as if they belong to someone else.
- Lady Macbeth tells him to return the daggers.
- Neither character looks at the other.
- He believes the castle has run out of water.
- He thinks his guilt is too great to be washed away.
- He wants Lady Macbeth to find the nearest river.
- He is proud that he has left no trace.
- Macbeth says he cannot go back.
- Lady Macbeth takes the daggers herself.
- Lady Macbeth glances at her hands.
- Practical and decisive
- Possibly troubled beneath her confident manner
- Paralysed by fear or guilt
- Lady Macbeth has completely overcome her fear.
- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both beginning to feel the psychological cost of the murder.
- The couple are pleased that their plan has worked.
- Macbeth no longer trusts the castle’s servants.
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