Lady Macbeth

Question 1

‘When you durst do it, then you were a man’

Answer 1

C=lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth that once he kills Duncan then he will become a man.As a man Macbeth will see this as a challenge. This is lady Macbeth using Macbeths pride as a man to make home kill Duncan.R=a Jacobean audience would have feared or hated lady Macbeth as she is making Macbeth do something in an era when woman should not be making the decisions and only man should make important decisions.

Question 2

Look like th innocent flower but be the serpent undert

Answer 2

D= this links to a gift James the 1 got after surviving the gunpowder plot which was a serpent underneath a flower.
C= Lady Macbeth wants macbeth to pretend to be loyal to duncan in order to get close to him and kill him
L=simile

Question 3

Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts unisex me here

Answer 3

C=Lady Macbeth wishes to be a man as in a Jacobean era as a woman she could not get anywhere in life and her state in life depends on Macbeths position.This is why she wants him to be king so much because it would give her more power .

Question 4

The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under the battlements

Answer 4

Lady Macbeth is talking about how Duncan will die and the raven which represents death has gone hoarse as it warns everybody of death.

C= the raven is a symbol that someone is going to die

Question 5

Plucked my nipple from its boneless gums and dashed its brains out

Answer 5

C=lady Macbeth is openly saying that she would rather kill her own baby than not go through with the plan.
R =This shows the audience what she would sacrifice for power as if Macbeths status was king then he would have more power which means she would get more power.

Question 5

TS1

Answer 5

TS1: The character of Lady Macbeth drives the plot forward as she manipulates Macbeth into committing regicide.

Question 6

TS2

Answer 6

TS3: Lady Macbeth inverts traditional gender roles, appearing assertive and dominant and mocking effeminate behaviour.

Question 7

TS3

Answer 7

TS4: At the end of the play, when Lady Macbeth is plagued with guilt and commits suicide, she illustrates Shakespeare’s propagandist message that those who commit regicide will be punished.