... faithful in her godly role as wife and helper. She is found at home managing household chores, awaiting Macbeth's return from battle. She is his "partner in greatness," his "dearest chuck." She is all duty and skillful hospitalities, greeted as "our honored hostess " by King Duncan, who favors her home. Later, serving Macbeth, and having proper knowledge of "natural herbs and ... her. Contrary to her supposed ruthless nature, her husband regards her as a pure being. He attempts to shield her from foreign agencies by saying, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,"" (III.II.45). It...

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• Grade Level: High School

... as cruel as a man. She provides her services for her husband but when asked to be included in other discussions, Macbeth merely says, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck/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 ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... commits suicide, displaying a conscience. Despite being involved in Duncan's murder, Lady Macbeth's demise depicts her as a forlorn, hopeless woman whose actions stemmed from her desire to see her 'dearest chuck' crowned. Lady Macbeth's motives, actions and lack of humanity in the beginning of the play are replaced by a tragic figure who has succumbed to her own fiendish desires. The same ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... -21)[,] "[t]hou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives" (41)[,] "there shall be done A deed of dreadful note" [,] and "[b]e innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed" (50-51). Constant fear is the price Macbeth has to pay for conquering his ambition. Sleep is Macbeth's nemesis and retributive justice for the ... ...

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... takes it upon himself in Act III to plot Banqou's murder. When Lady Macbeth asks about the plan to kill Banquo, Macbeth simply replies, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck-(III. ii. 48) As Macbeth goes off on his own course during this time, Lady Macbeth's guilt is overwhelming and cut off from him, she descends into madness. At the ... ...

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... . The transformation in both characters is made complete when Lady Macbeth senses Macbeth is up to something. "What's to be done?"" Macbeth replies with, "Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck."" Macbeth is now keeping secrets from Lady Macbeth. Banquo is a man of integrity and honour. It is these very qualities that lead Macbeth to kill Banquo; he is simply too ... ...

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... 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 deed. 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 ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... is partly to protect her and partly to prove to himself that he can do things without her directing the action. He says affectionately "Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed." When he us totally unnerved at the sight of Banquo's ghost at the feast and his rationality temporarily deserts him, it is the last time ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School