act 1, scene 5: the letter (LM QUOTES)

Question 1

“i do fear thy [1], it is too [2] o’th’ [3] of human [4].”

Answer 1

[1] - nature
[2] - full
[3] - milk
[4] - kindness

Question 2

“hie thee [1], that i may [2] my [3] in thine [4].”

Answer 2

[1] - hither
[2] - pour
[3] - spirits
[4] - ear (important because virgin mary impreganted through ear)

Question 3

“the [1] himself is [2], that croaks the [3] entrance of [4] under my [5].”

Answer 3

[1] - raven
[2] - hoarse
[3] - fatal
[4] - duncan
[5] - battlements

ornithological imagery; associated with death + would croak over the corpses of soldiers on battlefields.

Question 4

“[1] me here and fill me from the [2] to the toe, [3] of the most [4] cruelty.”

Answer 4

[1] - unsex
[2] - crown
[3] - topfull
[4] - direst

motif of the crown shows her psyche; imagines herself with the crown already.

Question 5

“take my [1] for [2], you [3] ministers”

Answer 5

[1] - milk
[2] - gall
[3] - murd’ring

rid of her femininity/calling on spirits so she can nuture them = increase her evil.

Question 6

“your [1] my thane, is a [2], where men may [3] [4] matters.”

Answer 6

[1] - face
[2] - book
[3] - read
[4] - strange

Question 7

“look like th’[1] flower, but be the [2] under it.”

Answer 7

[1] - innocent
[2] - serpent

serpent = adam + eve, led to the fall of mankind. lost their innocence = juxtaposing the flower.

Question 8

“[1] all the rest to [2].”

Answer 8

[1] - leave
[2] - me