A nemesis is the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall. “The Tragedy of Macbeth” has plenty of nemeses, but the main ones that ended in destruction were ones that plagued people’s minds. After horrific actions take place, it was hard for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to clear their minds of their demons. This demons ended up ending those two.
There is one large, obvious nemesis that Macbeth has throughout the play, guilt. Every scene that involves Macbeth shows guilt slowly breaking him down the further you get into the play. “What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hands? No; this my hand will rather multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red,” (II.ii.57-62). The scene right after Macbeth kills Duncan shows that he regrets committing the murder right away. He speaks about how even all the water in Neptune’s ocean could not even wash away the sins he just committed and the guilt he now feels. “At this moment the noble Macbeth is dead. He lives after the murder only to become more and more evil…” (citation). Macbeth only …show more content…
“Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” (V.i.51-52). During her sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth panics to wash the blood off her hands, and when she cannot she starts blabbering about how she wishes everything could go back to before Duncan was murdered. “Her sleep-walking scene and her blabbering is the nemesis of “These deeds must not be thought after these ways: so it will make us mad” (II.ii.33),”” (citation). Earlier in the play, Lady Macbeth said if someone thinks about the deed, then they will go mad. Little did she know that she was thinking about how guilty she was unconsciously, and how it was making her mad. By the end of the play she killed herself due to
There is one large, obvious nemesis that Macbeth has throughout the play, guilt. Every scene that involves Macbeth shows guilt slowly breaking him down the further you get into the play. “What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hands? No; this my hand will rather multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red,” (II.ii.57-62). The scene right after Macbeth kills Duncan shows that he regrets committing the murder right away. He speaks about how even all the water in Neptune’s ocean could not even wash away the sins he just committed and the guilt he now feels. “At this moment the noble Macbeth is dead. He lives after the murder only to become more and more evil…” (citation). Macbeth only …show more content…
“Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” (V.i.51-52). During her sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth panics to wash the blood off her hands, and when she cannot she starts blabbering about how she wishes everything could go back to before Duncan was murdered. “Her sleep-walking scene and her blabbering is the nemesis of “These deeds must not be thought after these ways: so it will make us mad” (II.ii.33),”” (citation). Earlier in the play, Lady Macbeth said if someone thinks about the deed, then they will go mad. Little did she know that she was thinking about how guilty she was unconsciously, and how it was making her mad. By the end of the play she killed herself due to