Lady Macbeth Flashcards
How are they presented and how do they develop?
Loyal, Smart, Cunning, Loving
Manipulative, Loving, Cold, Greedy
What is their purpose within the text?
Seemingly more strong willed than Macbeth, she helps her husband recover from his fear after he kills Duncan, and helps the cover up.
What do we learn of their relationships?
Macbeth - The love between them seems to be unequal and uneven.
‘Come you spirits, That tend on
mortal thoughts, ……… me
here.’
‘Come you spirits, That tend on
mortal thoughts, unsex me
here.’
‘Look like th’innocent flower,
but be the …………… under ‘t’’
‘Look like th’innocent flower,
but be the serpent under ‘t’’
‘A little water ………. us of this
deed’
‘A little water clears us of this
deed’