Macbeth
What might Lady Macbeth's hand movements in scene 1 symbolize?
Act 5
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Act 5
She is trying to wash the blood off her hands, really she is trying to wash the blood from her conscience. She is rubbing her hands. This is ironic for earlier in the play she says, "A little water clears us of this deed. How easy is it, then! "