MACBETH
SIGNIFICANT QUOTATIONS
ACT 1 SCENE 1
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ACT 2 SCENE 2
" Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?" (Act 2 Scene 2: lines 72-73)
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The Meaning Behind this Quote
This quote, spoken by Macbeth shows how guilty he feels after he cowardly murders king Duncan in his sleep. He uses an allusion saying that his hands will never be clean of the dead no matter how much he washes his hands. Even if he uses the water from Neptune’s oceans he will still be guilty. Although the blood was no longer on his hands, his guilt was never cleansed and he knows that.
Why we picked this Quote
We chose this quote because it was at this point as to when Macbeth’s life began to go downhill. This quote also shows an important theme within the story, which is appearance vs reality. Although Macbeth appears to be clean and had nothing to do with the murder because his hands are clean when in reality, Macbeth is the guilty one. Not only that, he also killed him cowardly making him much more guilty. This also led to him becoming mad as this guilt was never lifted and in fact Macbeth began to do more bad things until he had been killed.
ACT 3 SCENE 4
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Act 4 Scene 1
"Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough." (Act 4 Scene 1: lines 77-79)