“Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh! oh! oh!”

Reference: These lines are taken from Macbeth composed by William Shakespeare.

Explanation: Lady Macbeth’s hyperbolic statement makes it clear how deep her regret lies. She has clearly accepted that there is no repentance for her part in the vicious and bloody slaying of the king. It is for this reason that she imagines seeing Duncan’s blood on her hands. She believes that she can actually smell it and that it has become so immersed into her skin that nothing will be able to disguise or remove its smell. It is ironic that Lady Macbeth should be the one so overwhelmed by regret at this point in the play. Prior to Duncan’s assassination, she 4 accused her husband of cowardice and feeble-mindedness when he told her that they should cease their plot. She encouraged him to continue and threatened not to love him if he relented. It is obvious, then, that Lady Macbeth’s character has undergone a drastic transformation. She has changed from the courageous, hard-hearted, vicious, relentless, and scheming assassin that she had been at the beginning to a gibbering and confused woman who is so overwhelmed by shame and remorse that she eventually commits suicide.

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