Once the blood is staring them in the face, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth think about whether they will ever have the capacity to fix their liable activities. Much the same as a stain washes out with water, the characters seek after a similar thing to facilitate their still, small voice. Lady Macbeth says, "A little water clears us of this deed" (2.2.86). Water is the main expectation these characters have left to free themselves of their regret. It is an image of the characters purifying their souls of the blood that they have brought on. While sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth says, "wash your hands" and starts to wash her own hands since she has "blood" staring her in the face and in her mind (5.2.65). Yet, as much as she washes, the "filthy witness" does not completely flush from her hands (2.2.61). Both characters realize that they can never clean the stain that Duncan's blood left staring them in the face. The activity of washing is a mental practice that doesn't generally fix the characters' past. They wash their hands just to help themselves can rest easy. Water is their method for getting away from the guilt that frequents their …show more content…
While arranging the murder, Lady Macbeth does not have any desire to feel regret a while later. She says, "Make thick my blood," demonstrating her yearning to take an interest in the executing of Duncan and to have a chilly heart with no feeling (1.5.50). Taking after the murder, Lady Macbeth does not consider what she has done. Rather, she tries consoling Macbeth when says, "What's done is done," and does not add any feeling or thought to her words (3.2.14). However, as time advances, her mind all of a sudden swing to guilt. It burdens on her still, small voice and it is whatever she can consider. She starts to sleepwalk, demonstrating that her psyche can't quit thinking about the wrongdoing she has conferred. Pictures of blood encompass her and she utilizes water to wash her guilt away. Lady Macbeth has changed her mentality about how she sees herself. She no longer can disregard what she has done and now considers herself to be an