... Macbeth (who is a war hero after all) show fear; she gains the ability to look after him; perhaps a motherly instinct? A famous example of her comforting Macbeth is the line: "A little water clears us of this deed". Unfortunately, Macbeth is not so easily soothed this time, he is deeply distraught by what he has done, and though he does not for one ... paranoia. Lady Macbeth herself I assume, was developing doubts and was unable to help Macbeth as well as tend to her own guilt. So both members of the partnership slowly sink beneath their own discontent. The next and last scene in which ...

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... the play immediately implies doom and tragedy, and the audience would associate the witches with evil, as I said in the last paragraph. There would always be an undertone of evil beneath Macbeth following this association. I think that as they continuously pump ideas into his head, regularly giving him visions of power and building his confidence, making him seem invincible, he is ... . Even the fact that he recognises his own state of mind (his insanity and guilt) shows that he is thinking about what he is doing. Lady Macbeth then says- "A little water cleans us of this deed" (Act 2 Sce...

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