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Cindy Rogers
English 12
October 31, 2014
Assignment 10: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth showed both strengths and weaknesses in Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2. She
showed her "strength," when she was displayed as having no remorse for the plan to kill Duncan.
Furthermore, another moment of "strength," was when she easily drugged the guards' drinks, so
that they would remain unconscious. Also, she fearlessly returned the daggers to the room where
Duncan and his guards were, so that the guards would be blamed for killing the king. Despite all
of this, she still showed a lot of weakness. First, she did not murder the king herself because he
reminded her of her father.
The most memorable mental picture that was formed while reading Act 2, Scenes 3 and
4 was when Macbeth was pretending to be surprised and shocked when everybody figured out
that Duncan had died. The choice of words that Macbeth spoke to express his "distraught"
seemed to be pure and innocent. However, he easily deceived everybody around him using his
carefully thought out word choice. For instance, Macbeth said "Had I but died an hour before
this chance. I had lived a blessed time, for from this instant there's nothing serious in mortality."
(Shakespeare 70). Macbeth's deception was one of the most memorable parts from Act 2, Scenes
3 and 4.
Before killing Duncan, Macbeth was very reluctant and unsure about going on with his
plan. After killing Duncan, there is very clear evidence that Macbeth had changed a lot. For
example, he was extremely unstable after he had murdered the king. One of the evidences of this

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was when he was imagining voices. Furthermore, when it came to killing the guards, Macbeth
seemed to have no remorse, even though they were innocent. It would seem as though he was
becoming accustomed to carry out evil actions. I do not feel any sympathy for Macbeth, because
he is responsible for his own evil and cruel actions toward Duncan and the guards.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are unhappy with being King and Queen for many reasons.
First, they were starting to feel regretful about what they had done to Duncan. Furthermore,
Macbeth was most uneasy about the rest of the witches' prophecy, because they said that
Banquo's descendants were going to be king. As a result, Macbeth was dreading the fact that
after he murdered Duncan and committed treason, Banquo's sons would be rewarded with the
throne, and be kings. This greatly worried Macbeth, and he hired people to get rid of Banquo, as
well as his son, Fleance.
After murdering Duncan, Macbeth had seen a ghost and a floating dagger, as well as
imagining voices. The fact that this has been happening to Macbeth reveals a lot about his inner
conflicts. He is imagining all of this because he is troubled by what he has done to Duncan. All
of his hallucinations reveal that in his inner self, he regrets his actions. Despite his constant inner
conflicts, he continues his evilness by trying to remain safe and in power.