... kill for a crown but would his best friend do something like that? Moments later Macbeth enters and begins to talk to Banquo about a feast that he is having that night. Macbeth tells Banquo that the feast is going to be held in his honor. Banquo says he will be there but he must go but that he will be back. Banquo leaves that room ... it find heaven, must find it out tonight" (Act 3, scene 1). Later on that night before the feast Macbeth talks with Lady Macbeth and she wants to know what he is up to. He tells his wife " Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, tell thou applaud the ...

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... night-gown; look not so pale.-I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried: he cannot come out on's grave." Before Lady Macbeth kills herself she taunts her husband who is a bit hesitant about murdering King Duncan. She taunts him by making him feel bad because she would have done it for him, "I have given suck, and know How tender "tis to love the ... babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck"d my nipple from its boneless gums, And dash"d the ... brains out, had I so sworn As you have done this." Apart from Lady Macbeth's taunting and pressuring, he feels that t...

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... becomes this two-faced, deceitful creature imaginable. She praises and commends Duncan when really she is planning his death that very night. She says that even if they had taken four times as much trouble in preparing for his arrival then it would still not do justice to the honour of having him in their home. "All our service, in every point twice ... strong words and they have a harsh but effective result on Macbeth's conscience. "I have given suck, and know how tender "t is to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his bone...

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... had already come true. Macbeth also tells her the King would be their guest that night. As soon as she learns about the Kings visit her first thought is of killing him. Lady Macbeth speaks of how the prophecy must be fulfilled at all costs. Macbeth is fine with letting the prophecy come true in its own time. Lady Macbeth is impatient, she wants to become queen and ... could manipulate him into doing anything. This also shows that this act of evil intent was all on Lady Macbeth's shoulders; that she is the cause of King Duncan's death. Lady Macbeth is not only the more dominant and aggre...

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... in cold blood, and she hoes through what she will have to do to motivate her husband into killing the king. And when she hears that the king is coming to stay that night, she immediately begins to plan. Unlike Macbeth she does not show any disbelief, and it takes no time ... An absolute trust." (Act 1 Scene 4 Lines 12-15) He is saying that you cannot tell what a person is like on the inside by looking at the outside. He doesn't realise the irony of what he is saying. There is an underlying theme throughout the play of good on the surface and evil underneath. Lady Macbeth uses this idea a...

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... , so he can have time to think about Lady Macbeth's plans for the night. The thought about killing the king appalls Macbeth, yet the thought of the throne appeals to him. As the many doubts circle around in his head, he concocts reasons as to why the plan is a bad idea. But as this happens Lady Macbeth is there to put him into place. She accuses him of being a coward ... , and declares that she would rather kill her own child than withdraw from a solemn commitment. How tender "tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in ... my face, Have pluck"d my nipple from hi...

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... Fleance will be riding after dark, and that's when they will be ambushed. Metaphorically, the hour will be dark because that's when they will meet the final darkness of death. Macbeth is asking the night to take away Banquo's life, because Banquo makes Macbeth "pale" with fear, "Come, sealing night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear ... to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! " (3.2.50) In scenes after the Ghost of Banquo has ruined Macbeth's banquet Macbeth asks his wife "What is the night?"  She answers ... , "Almost...

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... . Macbeth always sees the possibility of his downfall; he is still not at peace and his conscience and guilt from Duncan's murder are eating him away. Then, Macbeth uses dark imagery such as "ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal" (45-47), and "[c]ome seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful ... day" (51-52)[.] By invoking evil, the dark ... imagery reveals Macbeth's affinity to darkness as he resolves to have Banquo and Fleance killed. Macbeth calls on night to fall so darkness will hide his horrible deed. Th...

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... as if his opinion were worthless. Macbeth acknowledges that Duncan is a good man, and had helped him many times, so it would be terribly wrong to kill such a man. Lady Macbeth both denounces his manhood and uses disturbing imagery to convey her thoughts. I have given suck, and I know How tender "tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling ... in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (1. 7. 62) She continues to propose her ... Macbeth killing Duncan with the Chamberlains" daggers. ...

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... /Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night/Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day" (3.2.47-49). He implies that she no longer needs to help him carry out any of his evil plans. He tells her that it is best if she only finds out the accomplishment after it has been achieved, that way she may applaud her husband from the sidelines. He also ... mentions to her to beware of the night ... since the day is ... ...

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... destroyed, giving way only to loneliness, coldness and insanity. Harold Bloom, an American literary critic, says that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is the "best marriage in Shakespeare" at the beginning of the play, equal in love and ambition. Duncan calls Macbeth's affection "sharp as his spur," while Macbeth calls his wife "dearest partner of greatness" and "dearest love." In Act 1 Scene V, as ... husband by questioning his masculinity and saying that she would stop at nothing in order to get what she wants and she would never break a promise; "How tender 'tis to love ...

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... desire is got without content, 'tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." Macbeth would rather take something then think about what he should have done. He would rather dwell in his stress of trying to be happy then being stressful and not knowing what he could have had. "Come, seeling night, scarf up the tender eye ... of pitful day and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale." Macbeth wants the evil spirits to break the future bond between Banquo and his families' fate. Somehow some away M...

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... herbs and all things physick," she prepares a potion to ensure the chamberlains will sleep through Duncan's murder. After her husband forgets to leave the murder weapon at the scene, Lady Macbeth puts it back. She tidies up after the murder. She bids him wash his hands and change his bloody clothes. On hearing news of the night's murder, she answers as hostess: "What, in our house ... ?" When Macbeth's motives are questioned, Lady Macbeth distracts the confused company. Maybe she actually faints. These are, after all, impossible burdens upon a "weaker vessel." But whether she faints, or ...

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... that he is thinking and encourages him to take charge and make the prophecies reality. Macbeth does not like being ridiculed by his wife. She dictates a plan to him before he has a chance to disagree. Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but the serpent under it. He that's coming must be provided for: and you shall put this night's great business into ... a promise, as a means of luring him into committing to anything necessary to gain more power for herself. How tender "tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was milking in my face, have pluck"d my nippl...

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... king: "Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it." He was not equipped to accept Lady Macbeth's rage, disbelief and abuse. In addition she declared a horrific speech "How tender "tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my ... face, Have pluck"d my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash"d the brains out, had I sworn to you Have done to this." Therefore she ... strain, and is alarmed of by the dagger his imagination creates. His king was a guest at the time of murder, on this very night Macbeth was King Duncan" h...

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... to his destruction. Following the murder of Duncan, Macbeth realises that the murder has put him into the control of demon forces which are the enemy of mankind. Macbeth recognises that the conscious acts which torture him essentially reduce him to a human individual. This is the inescapable bond that keeps him "pale" and at Act 3 Scene 2, he states: "Come seeling night Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, ... And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale" The above quote by Macbeth ... demonstrates that he imagines that the exe...

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