Lady Macbeth Flashcards
What quote shows Lady Macbeth turning to supernatural forces to help her?
Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
Unsex me - she wants her female traits that may weaken her removed, ungendered like a monster
What quote shows Lady Macbeth taking control and acting in a masculine way?
Only look up clear; to alter favour ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me
To alter favour ever is to fear - fear shows in a guilty face
A quote that shows Lady Macbeth is resolute or ambitious.
Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round
golden round = crown
What quote shows that Lady Macbeth is influential?
look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t
What quote shows Lady Macbeth is challenging her husband’s masculinity?
when you durst do it
then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man.
What quote shows that Lady Macbeth is unnatural?
plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had i so sworn to you.
She would kill her own child if she had promised - appalling and violent image
What quote shows that Lady Macbeth is guilt-ridden?
The thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now? What, will these hands ne’er be clean?
What quote shows that Lady Macbeth has descended into insanity from her guilt?
Out, damned spot!
