Fate vs Freewill/Lady Macbeth Flashcards

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​“you lack the season of all natures, sleep”​

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We next see Lady Macbeth on stage in Act 5 Scene 1. This is also the last time she ever appears before her death. The person we see is even further away from the person who plotted the death of a king in Act 1: she is entirely ​absorbed in her fear​, talking to herself while oblivious to her surroundings. Her last line in
the banquet scene was ​“you lack the
season of all natures, sleep”​, so it’s fitting
that now she paces at night, sleepwalking
but unable to rest. Finally, her sins have
caught up to her.

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