Lady Macbeth

Question 1

Lady Macbeth
All quotes

Answer 1

‘come you spirits’
‘unsex me here’
‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’
‘art thou afeard’
‘stand not upon the order of your going’
‘Out, damned spot’

Question 2

Lady Macbeth
1st point and quotations

Answer 2

Driven, desperate for power, soliloquy shows her thoughts ‘Come you spirits’ imperative, demanding malevolent entities, connected to unnatural world ‘unsex me here’ vulgar lang, unease to Jacobean audience, desire to remove femininity and engage in masculine world of murder, wounded at lack of child, feels she has no use of being a woman, evil doesn’t come naturally, anticipates breakdown

Question 3

Lady Macbeth
2nd point and quotations

Answer 3

Cunning, assumes facade of innocence, persuades Macbeth to do the same ‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’ simile symbol of purity, deception with conjunction, biblical allusion, enhance her argument, imperative, commanding

Question 4

Lady Macbeth
3rd point and quotations

Answer 4

Dominates relationship with Macbeth, blackmails him ‘art thou afeard’ undermines his manhood, derogatory comment of cowardice, manipulating as he is brave in battle, intelligent to plan murder carefully

Question 5

Lady Macbeth
4th point and quotations

Answer 5

Plan falls apart when Macbeth becomes mentally corrupted, relationship falters, forced to salvage their reputation ‘stand not upon the order of your going’ forced to salvage their image, short-lived reward of being queen, chaos from Macbeth’s lack of composure

Question 6

Lady Macbeth
5th point and quotations

Answer 6

Begins her tragic demise, becomes mentally unstable and isolated ‘Out, damned spot’ disjointed speech, unable to rest after violent acts, creates sympathy as left by Macbeth, commits suicide, sinful in Jacobean era but pathos