The most fitting interpretation regarding the owl that Lady Macbeth claims to hear is that Lady Macbeth is beginning to lose her sanity and only thinks she hears an owl shrieking. The owl in this context serves as a symbol of death and serves as an ominous reminder of the murder they are about to commit. Her reference to the "fatal bellman" emphasizes the gravity of their actions and her escalating psychological turmoil. This suggests that she is becoming increasingly anxious and disturbed by the situation, foreshadowing her eventual descent into madness.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare LADY MACBETH. That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. What hath quenched them hath given me fire. Hark! Peace! It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern’st good night. He is about it. The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms Do mock their charge with snores. I have drugged their possets, That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live or die. From Macbeth by William Shakespeare Question What interpretation could be made about the owl that Lady Macbeth claims to hear?(1 point) Responses Lady Macbeth is trying to convince her husband that the murder never actually occurred. Lady Macbeth is trying to convince her husband that the murder never actually occurred. Lady Macbeth actually hears Duncan shriek as her husband approaches him with his dagger. Lady Macbeth actually hears Duncan shriek as her husband approaches him with his dagger. Lady Macbeth hears her husband shriek in terror when he has a vision of a dagger. Lady Macbeth hears her husband shriek in terror when he has a vision of a dagger. Lady Macbeth is beginning to lose her sanity and only thinks she hears an owl shrieking
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