Lady Macbeth's Guilt Essay

Lady Macbeth is a loving wife and full of ambition in the play. When Macbeth learns about the three prophecies, he tells Lady Macbeth about them, demonstrating how she fully supports him. Lady Macbeth slowly emerges from her dark ambition as the play progresses. Lady Macbeth begins to become desperate, and she persuades Macbeth to kill the King to fulfill the third prophecy, which calls for Macbeth to take the throne. However, Lady Macbeth further persuades Macbeth by saying, "What cannot you and I perform on the unguarded Duncan, what do not put upon his officers shall bear the guilt of our great quell" (1.7. 76-79 ). On the other hand, Macbeth already feels guilty before the murder. This line shows how Lady Macbeth uses the guards to carry

The play continues when they take over the throne. But Lady Macbeth on the other hand always tries to cover up the murder; therefore, the people in the castle will not suspect them considering they are guilty. Until Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth is concealing his guilt and acting independently, and that puts them in trouble. Lady Macbeth confronts him and tells him that "What's done is done" (3.2-14). This quote demonstrates that Lady Macbeth is attempting to alleviate Macbeth's guilt. Lady Macbeth begins to demonstrate her insaneness as the scene progresses. Lady Macbeth talks to herself as she continues her sleepwalk while she recalls the murder scene and says "Out damned spot out" (5.1.33). Lady Macbeth in this scene shows how lost she is in her hallucinations when she tries cleaning the blood, believing that if the blood is clean, so is her guilt. This scene also occurs when she says, "Here's the smell of the blood still, all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,". This portrays how Lady Macbeth's belief of cleaning her hand will make her less guilty, except for the smell of the blood still in