Act 1, Scene 5 - Quotes Flashcards
Confirms and supports Macbeth’s ambitions.
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promis’d”
Lady Macbeth.
Human compassion and kindness.
“Milk of human kindness”
Lady Macbeth.
Metaphor to highlight how she will manipulate Macbeth.
“That i may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue”
Lady Macbeth.
Compares messenger to bird of ill omen.
Symbol of death.
“The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance o Duncan”
Lady Macbeth.
Super natural.
“You spirits”
Lady Macbeth.
Take away everything that makes her weak as a women.
“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”
Lady Macbeth.
Actively wants to be consumed by cruel villainous deeds.
“Fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty”
Lady Macbeth.
Wants all conscience to be removed.
“Stop up th’access and passage to remorse”
Lady Macbeth.
Rejects typical female qualities.
“Come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall”
Lady Macbeth.
Moral darkness.
“Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark”
Lady Macbeth.
Biblical reference.
Good and evil.
“Look like th’innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t”
Lady Macbeth.
