Scene 2

• “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold which hath quenched them hath given me fire”

  • the same alcohol they gave to Duncan‘s guards to get them drunk so they could kill Duncan is the same alcohol she is using to fuel her own violence
  • Appears more ruthless and barbaric than Macbeth does
• “The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: tis the eye of childhood“

  • a lot more strong
  • She is ridiculing macbeths guilt and Macbeth‘s feelings towards violence
  • Saying that almost as innocent as pictures of children so she’s ridiculing this in a turmoil of Macbeth
• “had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it”

  • seen as her justification for being more of a coward
  • She never commits any violent acts and her justification is that if King Duncan didn’t look so much like her father she would’ve killed him herself
  • Lady macbeths weaknesses appear in act 2 although she appears to be the malevolent evil force behind Macbeth she does have this weakness
  • More emotional, less strong than Macbeth
• “A little water clears us of this deed”

  • “a little water” is her undermining this guilt, this trauma, this inner turmoil of Macbeth and she’s just saying a little water will get it off don’t worry about it
• “My hands are of your colour I shame to wear a heart so white”

  • completely ridiculing Macbeth‘s guilt, she is not only trivialising it but she is patronising and emasculating Macbeth
  • cantos purity and innocence - undermining his presence and his strength