MACBETH
One cried ‘God bless us!’ and ‘Amen’ the other;
As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands.
Listening their fear, I could not say ‘Amen,’
When they did say ‘God bless us!’
LADY MACBETH
Consider it not so deeply.
MACBETH
But wherefore could not I pronounce ‘Amen’?
I had most need of blessing, and ‘Amen’
Stuck in my throat.
Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Act2.Scene (29-36)
Macbeth has just killed King Duncan and now his conscious is getting the best of him and making him paranoid. Lady Macbeth tells him to get a hold of his self, but he continues to dwell on the past event instead of trying to act as if it never happened. In this scene we can see Lady Macbeth as the strong one and the ring leader in the plot. This is ironic seeing as later she too lacks the strength to forget her evil deeds and maddens herself to death. Although the supernatural put the events into play there was no say in how Macbeth would become king, which shows the true and foul ambition of Lady Macbeth.
