scene 5
LINE 15
● you are too good to kill the king
● milk= 1 food, innocence
LINE 24
● I will work to stop every presence of good in you
LINE 46
● thick night= darkness
● thick blood= feelings do not pass
LINE 49
● she doesn’t want any time between the time of decision and the execution because
she could change idea
LINE 51
● she is thinking the baby she is milking= she is even ready to kill her child
● baby drinking milk= to be helplessness ( the child can’t defend himself)
LINE 53
● the night represents the moment of murders
● the night is described as thick -- there is darkness= she doesn’t want to
see/understand what she is gonna do and she doesn’t want other people to see
LINE 54
● She knows she is committing the worst action
LINE 55
● She doesn’t want to see-- to understand
LINE 56-57
● Invocation to the powers of evil because she knows that she needs some help to do
what she is gonna do
● the sky could look through the night (= blanket) and stop lady Macbeth
● enlarging of setting
LINE 60
● The present knows that Mac is the thane of Cawdor but it doesn’t know what will
happen-- the future
LINE 68
● SUN=king-- king won’t see tomorrow
LINE 70
● Time is not part of the world/ reality
LINE 72-73
● theme of appearance and reality = to be the innocent flower and the serpent
● the serpent is the biblical symbol betrayal
LINE 75
● great business= the killing of the king ( it is never told)
LINE 76
● this night will give us power forever
● the lady is hypocrite/ the king is simple minded
scene 6
LINE 18
● “ All our service is poor if compared to the honors ( title of thane of Cawdor) you gave
us”-- she is hypocrite
scene 7
