Even though she is jumpy as Macbeth is committing the
murder, Lady Macbeth is definitely the stronger of the two in this act. She has asked
the spirits to "unsex me here," and apparently they have. Lady Macbeth chastises
Macbeth for not leaving the daggers at the scene in order to frame the guards and boldly
takes them back to the grisly scene herself. She barks at him "what's done is done!"
when he worries about not being able to pray or sleep from this point forward. She
shows no guilt as she washes the blood from her hands and hurries the pair off to
bed.
She continues her portrayal of the innocent woman
when the body is discovered. She reacts as a shocked and grieving woman would, even
fainting at one point. However, her plotting is seen through this fainting spell as she
is trying to cover her husband's verbal slips.
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