Act 1 Scene 5

Question 1

Summary (1)

Answer 1

-Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband desciribing his ecounter with the witches .

-She is convinced by the withces prohphcy , beacuase as they promsied , Macbeh has been made the Thane of Cawdor .

-She worried that Macbeth is to kind-natured to bea ble to take the crown . She is determimned that she will assist him thrugh th e’valour of my tongue ‘.

Question 2

Summary (2)

Answer 2

-Lady Macbeth is overjoyed to learn that Duncan will stay in thier castle overnight , She calls on demonic spriits ot hrden her resolve and to destroya nyw eakness or ptiy .
-Macbeth enters and she satrts convincing him that he should murder Duncan .
-She insits that the deed must be done , she will personally organise its operation , and finally that failure to accomplish it would be a form of feA R.

Question 3

Importanceof this scene.

Answer 3

-Shakespeare establishes the close relationship between Macbeth and his wife ,
-Supernatural forces are reintroudced with Ldy Macbeth calling them .
-Her languge heightens the scale of evil hat hse is contemplating .
-We learn that Macbeth has ‘human kindness ‘ that may conflic wit h his ambiton .

Question 4

Key theme ;Gender

Answer 4

-Cruious parallel betwen Lady Macbeth nd the ambigous sexuality of rthe witches .
-Lady macbeth sks the spritis to ‘unsex; her and her ‘woman’s breats’ are no longer ot be used for milk but for murder,
-shows she thinks feminity si a wekness , abadnoing her gender ,

Question 5

gender (2)

Answer 5

-Macbeth , in trying to deflect hsi wife’s argument sput forward the view that ind aring to do more thn hwat is porper or ntrual for man to do , one i sno longer a mn Despite his argument , he does precisely tht when he murders hte king

Question 6

Writing about MOtfis

Answer 6

-Shakeapsreare uses the motif of bllod thorughout the play ,s atrting with the bloody battle in ct 1 scene 2 .
-in act1 s5 lm demands to make her bllod thicker - herre blood is seen as a natural function in hman body , that feeds the human cpaicty for comapssion and repentance - things she dosent want .

-‘make thick my blood is a metaphor in rpesenting death , it is effecite as it also intnds th bloods she intends to shed - Duncan’s.

Question 7

Key Quotaiton - Kind and nutruring .

Answer 7

Lady Macbeth says her husabnd is ‘too full of the milk of human kindess’
-Shakespeare uses this metaphor to suggest tht despite his reuputation , he is brave as a warrior nd thsat Macbet has strong sense of compassion .

-Milk is mild , naturla and importanlty , white .
-We assoiat white with purtiy but yet as th play progresses , we see macbeth will be icnreasingly linked to the contrsting red of blood .

Question 8

FOMO

Answer 8

-LM fears MB’s nature , although he has ambitions , she is afraid he is incapable of killing Duncan , then she cannot be queen .

Question 9

Appearance vs relaity

Answer 9

-eing hourbale is bad = she sees Macbeth;s god quality as bad , it wont make him king .

involving psiritis o achiee goal Shakespeare’s audience ,c alling on demonic spirits very pwoerful woul have startled adience .
-LM possessed corssoing over dark side , he rpossesiveness we can see getting worsed , her sleep walking .

Question 10

Duplicity

Answer 10

‘Look like an innocent flwoer but be the serpent under it ‘ - tellign Macbeth be duplicitous

the quote is a metaphor of concealmen t confusion and hidden indeity ,

-animal imager gaain like they are eil .

Question 11

MB’s resposne

Answer 11

‘we will speak no fruther’ extra dimensions to Macbeth;s character , with Lady Macbeth actually in chare of Macbeth , she looks down on Macbeth while others hounour him .