Act 1 Scene 5 Summary

It starts with Lady Macbeth reading her letter that Macbeth wrote to her. This letter talks about the three witches and the prophecy.

This section is known as a soliloquy. In said soliloquy it say that Lady Macbeth wants to murder King Duncan. “(…) too full of milk of human kindness”. It says this as milk is white, and white is a calm and relatively happy.

Macbeth then returns and talks to Lady Macbeth about how Duncan will be coming the next day.

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  1. This is definitely a clear instance of you working towards your Soul of Wit badge. Good stuff – keep it up!

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