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Act 5, Scene 1

Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep. She washes her hands again and again. She talks about the murders.

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth. John Singer Sargent, 1889, Tate. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

This scene in five words

LadyMacbethsleepwalksscrubbingblood

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The quotes

3 big quotes in this scene.

Out, damned spot, out, I say!

Lady Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 1 · guilt

Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep. She washes her hands. The blood is not there. She still sees it.

Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand

Lady Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 1 · guilt

Her hand still smells of blood. No perfume can hide it. A little water did not work.

What's done cannot be undone

Lady Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 1 · guilt · fate and free will

She used to say 'what is done is done' to calm him. Now the words are about her.

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