Act 1 Scene 5, Introduction To LM

Question 1

‘Too full o’th milk of human kindness’

Answer 1

-suggests Macbeth is weak willed and will not commit murder

Question 2

‘Milk’ ~ LM

Answer 2

-motherly tone, Macbeth has not been brought up to be a Murderer, foreshadows destruction LM will impose on Macbeth therefore suggesting she is a femme fatale

Question 3

‘May pour the spirits in thine ear’ ~ LM

Answer 3

-implying clearly she has a connection with supernatural and foreshadows LM making Macbeth question his manhood

Question 4

‘Come you spirits’ ~ LM

Answer 4

-physical act of summoning which could portray her as a witch, contextually, the ‘dark arts’ were seen as taboo as King James was against this

Question 5

‘Unsex me here’ ~ LM

Answer 5

-stripping of her feminine qualities displays a departure from the human realm and goes against the social norms of women being weak

Question 6

‘Make thick my blood… Passage to remorse’ ~ LM

Answer 6

-blood symbol for guilt, clear later on she is never free from her shame

Question 7

‘Come thick night’ ~ LM

Answer 7

-pathetic fallacy, foreshadows tumultuous affect LM will have concerning Duncan’s murder, stresses gothic theme of darkness

Question 8

‘Look like the innocent flower but the serpent under’t’

Answer 8

• concealment of guilt and shame

- could be reference to Eve, implying that LM has also been tempted into the world of evil