homework act 1 scene 5

The scene start with Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth, calling her his “dearest partner of greatness,” and telling her of the witches’ prophecy.Lady Macbeth says she’s worried her husband’s not up for killing the current king in order to fulfill the witches’ prophesy. she says, macbeth is “too full o’th’ milk of human kindness” and isn’t quite wicked enough to murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth says she’s going to browbeat her husband into action.When a messenger enters and announces that King Duncan will stay the night at Inverness as a guest of the Macbeths, Lady Macbeth says it’ll be King Duncan’s last night on earth.Then Lady Macbeth delivers one of the most interesting and astonishing speeches ever. She calls on spirits to “unsex” her, “make thick [her] blood,” and exchange her breast “milk for gall.”

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  1. jnorth

    October 21, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    This work is not your own. It has been disqualified.

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