Lady Macbeth Flashcards
‘Was the ….. …….. wherein you ……… ……….’
Was the hope drunk where I you dressed yourself
Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself analysis
L: personification - LMB believes he has lost us focus in his hope of becoming king
LMB chiding MB for changing his mind about the murder and for his cowardice
‘…….. the ……. out’
Dashed the brains out
Dashed the brains out -analysis
L: graphic imagery - assertive and attacks MB
C: antithetical to cultural coding of femininity as maternal and gentle
R: shocking to audience - they begin to understand the strength of her ambition
Look like ….. ……….. …….. but be the …….. ……. it’
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it - analysis
L: metaphors. Serpent represent sin and evil
D/C: LMB is like Eve in Genesis in Garden of Eden tempting MB to commit sin
C: James I had a medal struck bearing a flower and serpent to commemorate discovery of gunpowder plot
R: audience will release how murders like MB will be discovered and punished like Guy Fawkes was
‘Too full ….. ….. ….. of ………. ……….’
L: metaphor, challenger earlier, masculine descriptions of MB
D: feminizes MB - milk is associated with nurturing and life giving qualities - MB is supposed to murder. LMB knows he is too kind to act upon his ambition so must manipulate him into murder
‘My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white’
L: metaphor - both have blood on their hands from murder. LMB questions MB’s masculinity as she would be ashamed to be such a coward
C: would be a great insult to a brave warrior like MB
My ……. are of ……. ……… but I ……. to ……. a ……… … ………’
My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white
Our ……. is got ………. ……..’
Our desire is got without content
Our desire is got without content analysis
L: rhyming couplets ‘spent…content ‘ and ‘destroy….. joy’ emphasises her anxiety and unhappiness
I: she has no piece of mind because
1: she feels guilty
2: she feels paranoid/afraid they’ll be discovered + killed/removed from the throne
more …. she the ……. ……. the ……..’
More needs she the divine than the physician
More needs she the divine than the physician
L: LMB needs spiritual help to save her soul
C: you would be punished by God and possessed by evil spirits for her crime - propagandist message about gun powder plot that warns of punishment for whoever acts against a morally good king
R: Jacobean audience would be shocked and nervous - GP plot still fresh in minds
‘Will these ……….. ……. be ……’
Will these hands ne’er be clean’
Will these hands ne’er be clean
L: rhetorical question is ironic contrast to her earlier claim that ‘a little water clears us of this deed’ after D’s murder
R: audience sees that you can’t erase evil acts from your conscience - washing your hands won’t erase guilt
C: sleepwalking believed in Jacobean era to be sign of possession by evil spirits; modern audience knows it is her guilty conscience playing in her mind and giving her no rest - suffering psychologically
