Out I say one: two: for then is the time to do it Hell is dark! Oh, my lord, oh oh! A soldier and a feared one? What do we have to fear who knows when no one can hold us accountable for our power? Yet who would have thought that the old man had so much blood in him?)” (5.1.35-40). Here Lady Macbeth talks in her sleep (somnambulism) and while walking in her sleep she rubs her hands as if she is trying to wash them. But it is King Duncan's blood that he is trying to wash away. Even after the day he ordered Macbeth to kill the king and bring the blades back to the corpse, he still has blood on his hands even in his sleep. The pressure in Macbeth would be the amount of guilt and rejection of what you have done such as “This is a sad sight” (2.2.18). Here, Macbeth is looking at his bloody hands moments after killing the king. Macbeth feels a little sad and sorry for killing his old friend and the person he served. Then “No, this will be my hand; The innumerable seas become incarnate, making the green one red” (2.2.57-60). Here Macbeth asks if all the water in the world could cleanse his bloody hands. Macbeth hates himself for his actions and regrets what he has done and does not want to go back and see his “old friend”. Another reason for fear would be,
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