5.1 quotes Flashcards
‘hell is murky’
reflects Thomas Hill’s explanation of the darkest implications of somnambulism. she is reliving Duncan’s murder and her thoughts are full of past murders committed and the future of her own impending death. links to the damnation due to her crimes - tragic trope of ambiguity of poetic justice
‘this disease is beyond my practice’
It is significant that the character who makes this claim is a doctor, not a priest. A priest might be biased in favor of a supernatural explanation when the evidence is not sufficient, but the doctor, who should be biased in favor of medical explanations, admits that a physiological explanation wouldn’t be enough.
general thing about scene
final scene of hers is a woman sleepwalking giving away her darkest secrets - this final scene confirming that she is no hardened powerhouse of a woman, in this scene she is presented as haunted and broken so if she were the warrior queen so many have argued for, why would she be so deeply affected by these crimes and why would she kill herself?
