... events, New hatched to the woeful time. The obscure bird clamoured the livelong night: Some say the earth was feverous, and did shake." (Shakespeare, II.iii.49-56) These unfamiliar events show that nature has already reacted to the murderous deed. The weather's excessive reaction to the act exposes its evil ... so evil that none of the characters has ever seen such horrible consequences. Lenox tells Macbeth that his "young remembrance cannot parallel/ A fellow to it" (II.iii.58-59). This would not mean so much as he is obviously young; however, the old man, representative of the people, c...

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... Duncan of Scotland at his castle, he says, "For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name- Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel" (I.ii.16-18). Here, the captain is telling Duncan about how brave Macbeth was during the battle. He implies that Macbeth fought bravely and was one of the ... sees a dagger to which he respond with, "Is this a dagger I see before me, The handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee" (II.i.33-34). In this part of the scene, Macbeth believes he sees a dagger before him and talks to it. Here, Macbeth does not know that this a hallucination at ... ...

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... , murder. On the night MACBETH brutally kills the King of Scotland, Banquo fearful of his own 'cursed thoughts' observes that: "There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out." (Act II, Scene I) The darkness itself, which is ironically equated with Heaven, but seemingly appropriate for the acts of Hell, provides the natural cover for the unnatural murder. MACBETH in the same ... 's ambition by hiding the truth. This begins with MACBETH's 'borrowed robes' and has its central emphasis in Macduff's ironic words "Lest our old robes sit easier than our new" (Act II, Scene IV), referrin...

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... own eyes!/Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather/The Multitudinous seas incarnadine, /Making the green one red (act II, scene iii, l 58-62). This shows that he really didn't want to kill Duncan, but he did it in order to prove himself to Lady Macbeth, and to become the ... ...

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... , Lady Macbeth is acting like she is the leader and she is forcing Macbeth to help her whether he likes it or not. Macbeth describes the deed as "terrible". Act II Scene 2 is the scene where the regicide takes place. As Lady Macbeth proceeds to commit the regicide, her conscience attacks her and she is unable to do it. "Had he ... ...

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