unsex” her, making her susceptible to murder. She wishes not to have female emotions that will cause her to fault the murder. The quote “Had he not resembled/ My father as he slept, I had done’t.”, exhibits Lady Macbeth's reason for not committing the murder herself. If Duncan had not looked like her father as he slept, Lady Macbeth would commit the murder. Next Lady Macbeth hears an owl, an omen of death, scream, which startles her after the murder is committed. As Lady Macbeth and Macbeth wash their hands, Lady Macbeth ‘s dialogue expresses her calm emotions. The quote “A little water clears us of this deed.”, expresses Lady Macbeth’s composed attitudes that they can wash away the guilt as if it were dirt. She is confident that the guilt is easily disregarded since the spirits were called upon. In conclusion, William Shakespeare distinguishes Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s reactions of Duncan’s murder in the tragic play Macbeth with the plotting of the assassination, the actual murder, and the actions after the killing....
