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Macbeth
act 2
| Quote | explanation |
|---|---|
| "Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives," | The significance is he is making final judgement about committing mortal sin and Lady Macbeth isn't there pushing him |
| the i"Macbeth does murder sleep--the innocent sleep, / Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,"nnocent sleep, / Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care," | The significance is to show Macbeth's guilty conscience |
| Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?" | The significance is again, to show Macbeth's heavy conscience, full of guilt and fright. |
| "The expedition of my violent / Outrun the pauser, reason," | The significance is the ironic lies Macbeth must tell everyone to hide truth. |
| "Where we are, / There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood, / The nearer bloody," | He knows that because he is a blood relative of Duncan's, he is in danger of people trying to kill him. |
| "Lest our old robes sit easier than our new," | The significance is to show that Macduff is suspicious about the future with Macbeth as King. |
| "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?" | The significance is that he is hallucinating. |