Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2

In Act 2 scene 2 lady Macbeth is being a hypocrite. "That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold." Lady Macbeth had to drink in order to have the courage to go with the plan. She didn't even have to kill king Duncan, Macbeth had to. An omen appeared in this scene. "It was the owl that shrieked." This is an omen of death which connects Macbeth to a Greek tragedy. In this scene Macbeth has committed the worse crime you can do which is regicide. Macbeth killed king Duncan. Macbeth feels guilty for what he has done. Macbeth's tragic flaw is his ambition. His morality is in struggle with his tragic flaw. This is an example of his heroes ethos this is another example of a Greek tragedy. "I could not say "amen" when they did say "God bless us." This quote exemplifies Macbeth's guilt which really bothers him.

Lady Macbeth foreshadows her own madness. "These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so, it will make us mad." Macbeth believes he has taken away everything of resources of sleep. "Methought I heard a voice cry "sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep." Macbeth also will not sleep anymore because of his guilt. He also thought someone might have cursed him. "Still it cried "sleep no more!" Macbeth's multiple identities will not sleep because of Macbeth's guilt. When everyone finds out the king has been murdered, suspicion raises. "I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal for it must seem their guilt." Macbeth blames the guards for killing king Duncan to make him look innocent. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" This quote is a reference to Greek tragedy and a literary illusion to Oedipus Rex.