During the course of the play Macbeth changes his mind twice about killing King Duncan. This quote shows that Lady Macbeth would never tell a lie and would never betray Macbeth, she would even kill her own child if that was what Macbeth was asking for.
He asks her what will happen if they fail; she promises that as long as they are bold, they will be successful. Lady Macbeth calls him a coward, and repeatedly attacks his masculinity. She shocks Macbeth into action by saying that, had she sworn to kill her child, she would dash its brains against a wall rather than break her oath. Lady Macbeth is saying that when Macbeth first agreed to kill Duncan he was manly, but now that he is questioning it, he has lost his manhood. Table of Contents.
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A guilty conscience is not easily mended. The witches predict that no one who is born of a woman will kill Macbeth. Not so fast, says Macduff. Macduff demands surrender, and Macbeth refuses. The two fight until Macduff kills Macbeth, chops off his head, and presents it to a triumphant Malcolm. Though Shakespeare shaped the story to his own dramatic ends, it is loosely based on real historical people and places. Birnam Wood was very real, and once covered a large area on both banks of the River Tay and the surrounding hills.
Over time the forest was harvested and gradually diminished in size. In Macbeth, the most important thing Lady Macbeth does in her sleepwalking scene is rub her hands together as if washing them, trying to remove the blood of the people she helped murder. Macduff was the only agent capable of destroying Macbeth.
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