The meaning of this remark is that there is no faith in a witness who tends to lie or whose reputation is in such a damaged state that his assurances cannot be trusted. It is worth noting the following - otherwise the truth would not depend on the source from which it originates. In other words, this can definitely be considered a special case of false argumentation, such as: “how can you be a supporter of vegetarianism if Hitler was a vegetarian” or “you are from Kiev / from Moscow, so your statements have such meaning” / “that’s yourself- then you smoke/don’t smoke, that’s why you say so and are so determined.”
"Go get some water, and wash this filthy witness from your hand." In other words, she is trying to distract him.
Lady Macbeth speaks these lines in response to Macbeth's guilt over murdering King Duncan. She urges him to wash away the evidence of the murder from his hands and tries to calm his anxious thoughts by dismissing them as irrational. Lady Macbeth brings the daggers used in the murder as evidence of Macbeth's involvement in the deed.
It's best expressed by the quotation, "I would not have such a heart in my bosom for thedignity of the whole body." The gentlewoman pities Lady Macbeth, but she is also afraid, not of Lady Macbeth, but of what might happen if she told anyone what Lady Macbeth has said.
Macbeth agrees to kill King Duncan because of his ambition for power and the manipulation by his wife, Lady Macbeth. He desires to fulfill the witches' prophecy of becoming king and is persuaded by Lady Macbeth's questioning of his masculinity. Ultimately, Macbeth's own ambition and the influence of Lady Macbeth drive him to commit regicide.
Miss Havisham is a wealthy, eccentric woman who is jilted at the altar and becomes bitter and reclusive. Lady Macbeth, on the other hand, is ambitious and manipulative, urging her husband to commit murder to fulfill her own ambitions. Miss Havisham is a tragic figure consumed by her past, while Lady Macbeth is a ruthless and ambitious character driven by power.
She goes insane and always says there is blood on her hand.
The more dynamic person is Macbeth because in the beginning he is unsure whether or not kill the King or to remain loyal to him. However, he is persuaded by his wife Lady Macbeth, - who by the way is a static character - to kill the King. After he kills the king, Macbeth's ambition does not only drive him to do great things, it spins him out of control and begins to take over him.
The spot represents the guilt and psychological burden of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. It symbolizes their conscience and the irreversible consequences of their actions, particularly the murder of King Duncan. The spot cannot be washed away, showing that their guilt will haunt them forever.
Macbeth: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No." Lady Macbeth: "All the perfumes of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand." Sounds the same to me.
At the beginning of the play Macbeth feels unsure and guilty about killing King Duncan - he is supposed to be loyal towards him! Lady Macbeth plans Duncan's death without asking Macbeth first and tells him what to do. At first she is not guilty about killing him, she wants to be the stronger more manly one. After his death, guilt haunts Macbeth. However, by the end of the play the two characters have effectively swapped roles. Lady Macbeth is now driven crazy by guilt and ends up committing suicide because of it. Macbeth on the other hand is the strong powerful one, he now kills without feeling anything!
No. She thinks he is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. But Macbeth's hesitation comes from caution, not kindness. Lady Macbeth is projecting her own feelings onto Macbeth--she will later say that "if he had not resembled my father as he slept, I'd ha' done it", showing that she is the one who is deterred by the "milk of human kindness". Macbeth, on the other hand, is deterred by his anticipation of the consequences of the murder. It is thoughts, not feelings, that are holding him back.
In the sleepwalking scene (Act V Scene 1) she goes back to bed when she dreams or imagines that she hears knocking at the gate. "To bed; to bed. There's knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone. To be, to bed, to bed."