Lady Macbeth Act 1 Quotations Flashcards
Analyse the quotation - “Too full o’th’____of human ________”
Milk, kindness
This metaphor presents how she feels Macbeth has too much humanity and a lack of ruthlessness and masculinity in him and feels the need to change that, thus affiliating her with evil and the devil at this point early in the play, during a soliloquy where her true feelings about Macbeth are introduced.
Analyse the quotation - “Chastise with the ______ of my _______”
Valour, tongue
This metaphor presents her intent to change and manipulate Macbeth into doing terrible things, which she views as brave, implying she is corrupted in a way, perhaps hinting she is demonic or a metaphor for the devil, like how he appeared as a serpent to Adam and Eve.
Analyse the quotation - “The raven himself is ______ that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my ___________”
Hoarse, battlements
This is a possessive as she refers to Macbeth’a castle as hers and indicates she is responsible for the death of Duncan. The fact she doesn’t use euphemisms to refer to killing a King shows her opposition to God and her title as the “4th witch”.
Analyse the quotation - “All hail _________”
Hereafter
LM refers to Macbeth as if he is already King and shows how she almost knows what is going to happen, with foretelling being an ability the witches posses, making her seem close to the witches in nature and her opposition to Duncan and therefore God’s appointed ruler. It also shows her manipulation into making Macbeth feel he should be King and that Duncan shouldn’t.
Analyse the quotation - “Come you _______, ______ me here”
Spirits, unsex
These are two imperatives and shows how LM commands the supernatural and bends it to her will to make her more masculine, perhaps indicating how she wants more power which a man would have had, also, witches are described to have masculine traits.
Analyse the quotation - “In every _____ twice done and then done ______”
Point, double
This shows LM’s attempts to appeal to Duncan and manipulate him into feeling that the Macbeth household are loyal to him, in fact making him less suspicious of his murder.
This demonstrates LM’s duplicity.
Analyse the quotation - “Lives a _______ in thine own _______ “
Coward, esteem
LM tries to manipulate Macbeth by scorning him about his fear and cowardice of being unable to face killing Duncan. She makes him reconsider his actions by showing the alternative, presenting her manipulative nature. The fact that she commands goes against societal norms and presents her lack of femininity.
Analyse the quotation - “Dashed the ______ out, had I so ______”
Dashed, sworn
She would have killed herself if she knew Duncan would live and Macbeth would go back on his word like this, demonstrating how much power she wants to have and indeed does have over Macbeth, further showing her lack of femininity and difference from societal norms.
