“These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad” (William Shakespeare 26).
This quote from Lady Macbeth in Act 2 Scene 2 of Macbeth, displays Macbeths feelings after committing a murder. I believe this quote summarized the entire act thus far. Just before Lady Macbeth stated this, she was waiting for Macbeth to kill Duncan and return to her. During the murder Lady Macbeth heard a noise and thought that the bodyguards woke up before he finished. Once Macbeth came back he was deeply shaken because of the events that took place. This is when Lady Macbeth tries to get him to calm down and tells him not to think about it like this because it will make them crazy. After reading this there was a couple of things that stuck out to me. The main thing being that he actually committed the murder after he stated that they “will proceed no further in this business” (William Shakespeare 21). Another observation being, after the murder both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth acted surprised of the murders. Both of these events made a certain impress on me mainly because there not the good characters one would think. In the beginning I thought Macbeth was a hero and good to his people but he now seems to be the opposite. And still Lady Macbeth is being more of the dominate character which is not what most females were at this time. All of this now leads me to wonder if the people will ever find out who really committed the murder of Duncan?
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