Act 1, Scene 5

• What happens during this scene

  Lady Macbeth reads the letter Macbeth sent her, telling her about the witches prophecy and says her thoughts about it
• macbeth sees them both as equal

  “My dearest partner in crime”
• Lady Macbeth will manipulate Macbeth, put her ideas in his head - metaphor


  “I may pour my spirits in thine ear”
• Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth is too kind, she underestimates him

  “It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness”