ades, and her delicacy is revealed.
Another way to see Lady Macbeth is as a sadly ruined person deserving sympathy. She realizes that the acts she has committed were wrong, and there is nothing she can do about them: "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" (5.1.40-1). The doctor also recognizes that Lady Macbeth has problems that she now comes to terms with, but the doctor cannot help: "This disease is beyond my practice" (5.1.47). The doctor passes the responsibility of Lady Macbeth on to God, for he is the only person wh
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