In the first two acts of the play, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as a person without conscience. Upon learning from the messenger that King Duncan will be spending the evening in her castle, in act 1, scene 5, Lady Macbeth immediately says in a monologue that "the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under [her] battlements." At this instant, it is clear that what Lady Macbeth has in mind is murder, for "raven" symbolizes death. Shortly after, in the same monologue, Lady Macbeth becomes so obsessed with the idea of the murder that she asks for spirits to "unsex" her and fill her up with the "direst cruelty." After Macbeth assassinates King Duncan and his chamberlains and Lady Macbeth "gilds" the chamberlains with Duncan's blood, in act two, scene 3, Lady Macbeth seems unaffected by what

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she has done when she states to Macbeth that she is "shamed" to wear her heart so "white" like his; white representing innocence for Macbeth regrets what he has done . Lady Macbeth's swift casualness about the murder of King Duncan is furthermore illustrated when she states to Macbeth how "easy" it is to clear them from the deed by just only using "a little water." In brief, Lady Macbeth is one without conscience as she cannot distinguish the difference between right versus wrong, but simply ponders about the murder of the majesty: King Duncan.

Evidently, Lady Macbeth regrets what she has done as she questions "where is [Lady Macduff] now?" Moreover, her concern on how her hands "will never be clean" contradicts with what she states earlier in the play: "only a little water is needed to clear [them] from th

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