... 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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... 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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... , 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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... 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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... 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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