Decline In Macbeth

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The witches disappear from the play with music and dancing. Their premonitions are their last exertion of power. They leave the stage basically the same unknown creatures they were when we met them. They leave with power still in their hands. Macbeth trusts in their words until the end of his life; when everything they say comes true. This is the complete opposite of Lady Macbeth. When her husband shows he does not need her anymore, she tries to make herself relevant. She relives his murders until it makes her go insane and suicidal. The last scene we see Lady Macbeth in she utters the famous lines “out, damned spot” (5.1.30), while sleepwalking. She spouts details their illegal acts, some of which she was not even involved in. She talks

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