MACBETH
I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know. |
Macbeth's allusion to his muscles and strength re-iterates the idea that he now wholeheartedly agrees with Lady Macbeth, even though he reminds her that it is a crime, the worst kind of treason.
He alludes to her remark earlier in the play where she said 'look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't', telling him to appear a gracious host but be plotting and falsehearted underneath the facade. The fact that he is now giving her the instruction indicates that he feels dominant again, although that is not the case, he things she is no longer in control of him. |