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Illusion, Ambition, and Guilt: Macbeth Quotes Explained
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To prick the sides of my intent rejects Elizabethan notions of womanhood Women's milk is a recurring motif in Shakespeare's play, representing the soft, nurturing qualities Lady Macbeth renounces. She believes that her husband is "too full o' the milk of
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- Reality and Illusion
- Ambition and Power
- spur To prick the sides of my intent
- rejects Elizabethan notions of womanhood
- Women's milk is a recurring motif in Shakespeare's play, representing the soft, nurturing qualities Lady Macbeth renounces. She believes that her husband is "too full o' the milk of human kindness" (Act I, Scene 5) to kill the king. When he waffles, she tells him that she would rather murder her own infant than abandon their murderous plan.
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