boneless gum, and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you, have done this.” Lady Macbeth realises that Macbeth’s doubt needs to be overcome quickly and this needs extreme measures. If they delay one night, the opportunity to kill Duncan would be lost. Another reason why he has so many doubts is that he is scared of being caught and of betraying his country and his friends. The thought of committing murder and going to hell scares him. She uses power and dominance in the line, when Macbeth asks what if they should fail, “We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.” This is saying that if he uses his courage and manliness they together can do anything. In the end he is persuaded.Just before the murders Macbeth is going through intense emotions. He is becoming delirious and he sees a vision of a dagger, which is leading him to Duncan’s chamber. He believes that dark thoughts and imaginings are controlling him and he speaks words of evil and horror, like Hecate the goddess of witches, ghosts and hell. He hears a bell ring and believes that it is inviting him into Duncan’s room.When he comes back from killing Duncan, Macbeth and his wife speak in short sentences, this shows their nervousness and that they are scared of being caught. This conversation proves the above point.Macbeth says to his wife:“I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?”She replies, “I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry, did not you speak?”Quickly he say’s “When?”“Now”“As I descended?”“Ay.”“Hark!” He says that when the people in the chamber next to Duncan awoke, they said their prayers, and when it came to ‘God Bless You’, ‘Amen’ got stuck in his throat. This shows his extreme guilt and remorse. He now believes that he will never be forgiven and that will go to hell. ...
