Lady Macbeth Flashcards

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Who is Lady Macbeth?

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She is an incredibly ambitious woman, taking charge and manipulating her husband right from the start of the play. She is ruthless in her pursuit for power, taking full control of the plot to kill Duncan

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What does she begin to suffer as the play progresses?

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The ill effects of committing regicide (killing a King) and deteriorates to the point that she takes her own life

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What does she change the views of in the play?

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The stereotypical gender roles which were prevalent at the time

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What is the quote starting with, “I do fear…”?

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“I do fear thy nature, / It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Hither…”?

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“Hither, / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, / And chastise with the valour of tongue / All that impedes thee from the golden round” (Act 5, Scene 1)

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What is the quote starting with, “The raven…”?

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“The raven himself is hoarse / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Come you spirits…”?

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“Come you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe / Of direst cruelty” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Come to my…”?

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“Come to my woman’s breasts, / And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Come thick…”?

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“Come thick night, / And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Great Glamis…”?

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“Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor, / Greater than both, by the all hail hereafter” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “O never…”?

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“O never / Shall sun that morrow see” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Thy letters…”?

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“Thy letters have transported me beyond / This ignorant present” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Look like the…”?

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“Look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “You shall put…”?

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“You shall put / This night’s great business into my dispatch” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “From this…”?

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“From this time / Such I account thy love” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “What beast was’t…”?

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“What beast was’t then / That made you break this enterprise to me?” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “I would…”?

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“I would, whilst it was smiling in my face, / Have plucked the nipple from his boneless gums, / And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “Had he not…”?

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“Had he not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done’t” (Act 2, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “A little water…”?

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“A little water clears us of this deed” (Act 2, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “Where our…”?

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“Where our desire is got without content” (Act 3, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “Out, damned…”?

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“Out, damned spot: out, I say” (Act 5, Scene 1)

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What does Lady Macbeth keep think she sees as the play progresses?

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She thinks that she sees blood on her hands - perhaps a manifestation of the guilt she failed to feel immediately after the murder

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What is the quote starting with, “My hands are…”?

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“My hands are of your colour; but I shame / To wear a heart so white” (Act 2, Scene 2)