Lady Macbeth

• "Come, you Spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here"

  Act 1, Scene 7

  Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to take away her femininity and make her as ruthless as a man, so she can commit regicide.
• "I dare do all that may become a woman."

  Act 1, Scene 7

  Lady Macbeth claims she is willing to do whatever is necessary, implying she is willing to commit murder to achieve her goals.
• "Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One; two; why, / Then 'tis time to do't. – Hell is murky! Fie, my lord, fie! / A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear / Who knows it, when none can call our power to account?"


  Act 2, Scene 2

  Lady Macbeth is haunted by the guilt of her actions and is trying to convince herself that she has nothing to fear, as she and Macbeth are above the law.
• "What's done cannot be undone. / Things without all remedy / Should be without regard: what's done were better / Left undone."


  Act 3, Scene 2

  Lady Macbeth regrets her actions and realizes that once something is done, it cannot be undone. She wishes she had left things as they were before.
• "Out, damned spot! / Out, I say!"

  Act 5, Scene 1

  Lady Macbeth is still haunted by the guilt of her actions, and the spot or stain on her hand represents the blood of the murdered King Duncan.
• "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!"


  Act 5, Scene 1

  Lady Macbeth is tormented by the memory of the blood on her hands, symbolizing the guilt and shame she feels.