Macbeth, Lesson 2, Thought Question 3: "Boy am I brave!"

In Act 2, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth says "That which hath made them [king Duncan's guards] drunk hath made me bold. What hath quenched them hath given me fire.". What she was saying there was that the liquor that she had given Duncan's guards has made her bold. But right after that an owl screeches and frightens her out of her wits. This confirms Macbeth's earlier statement that God's justice brings the poisoned chalice to our lips, the bad things we do to others come back and do just a much damage to us, if not more. This was an early sign of Lady Macbeth's oncoming madness, and judgement.