He tells his wife to leave him, and put on a good show in front of their guests, to delude them into thinking nothing suspicious is going. The scene – and the act – ends with Macbeth telling his wife that he is happy with the plan she has outlined, and every part of his body will now be given over to carrying it out. In other words, ‘who would dare believe otherwise, when you and I, dear husband, will make a big show of being distraught and angered by Duncan’s death?’ Note: ‘griefs and clamour’ might be analysed as an instance of hendiadys, a rare but fascinating rhetorical device whereby two closely related things are joined oddly by an ‘and’: so ‘griefs’ and ‘clamour’ should not be viewed as two separate things, but as wholly associated, so ‘griefs and clamour’ really means ‘clamorous griefs’.Įach corporal agent to this terrible feat.Īway, and mock the time with fairest show:įalse face must hide what the false heart doth know.
As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar brave or very stupid definition English definition dictionary Reverso.
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