... the life of a king of Scotland, who lived from 1005-1057. The tragedy is a penetrating, concentrated and harrowing study of ambition. Both Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, have a driving ambition that turns each of them into a spiral of guilt and evil. No character in any of Shakespeare's plays undergoes such ... it is evident that this is not true, as the sleepwalking lady tries in vain to scrub the stain of blood off her hands, "Out, damned spot, out, I say!" When she yells about ridding herself of Duncan's blood, she is presenting a metaphor. She does not truly want to be rid ... s...

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... and evil spirits. She demands of these "murd'ring ministers-: "unsex me here direst cruelty stop remorse nature's mischief."" This theme of Lacy Macbeth being so closely linked to the witches is strong throughout the whole play. In itself this quote could be taken either as an implication that she ... . In Lady Macbeth's final scene, (act 5, scene 1) we see how her descent into madness climaxes. She begins to sleepwalk, and to relive the events of the past, beginning with Duncan's murder, her blood covered hands and Banquo's ghost, then returning to her stained hands. "Yet here's a spot....

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