Character: Lady Macbeth Flashcards
Lady Macbeth - “unsex me”
Shows the how desperate she is to become queen. And shows that she want to remove all fear from herself. shows that she feels fear to commit the act of regocide and needs help from supernatural.
‘ Dashed the brain out ‘
Lady Macbeth
Shows that she is not a typical Jackobean women as she is willing to kill her own baby in the pursuit of power
“fill me from the crown to the toe top-full /Of direst cruelty!”
“crown to the toe” shows that she wants to be filled with evil- shows passion and strong desire
Ambition is also leading her to become heartless and brutal
Lady Macbeth - “Too full of the milk of human kindness “
emasculate Macbeth and shows she is the one in control in this relationship
Lady Macbeth - “Valour of my tongue”
Shows that she is the one who will direct him in the murder and shows she is the domineering figure in the relationship
“The nearest way”
Shows that she is neive and has not thought her plan through and this means that she suffers in the future
“Come you spirits”
She is not brave enough to follow through on her plan and needs supernatural support.
“Great glamis worthy Cawdor”
first words said to Macbeth
Shows that status and power is very important to her
“Look like the time”
Commands him on what to do and shows that she is controlling . Shows that she is the one that dominates the relationship
“when thou durst do it, then you were a man”
shows that he is forced to do what she says. She is imasculated him shows she is the dominat figure in their relationship.