Lady Macbeth Full Yext Essay

Question 1

Act 1 key quotes LM

Answer 1

‘Come you spirits’ - Imperative demonstrates her link to the supernatural
‘Unsex me here … fill me from crown to toe topfull of the direst cruelty’ - imperative with superlative ‘direst’ shows she is throwing away femininity
‘Be like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ - noun ‘serpent’ links to Adam and Eve showing downfall and evil actions

Question 2

Act 2 key quotes LM

Answer 2

‘When you durst do it, then you were a man’ - placing conditions on Macbeths masculinity
‘Dashed the brains out’ - extreme devoted violence
‘That I may pour thine spirits in thine ear’ - metaphor shows she is willing to manipulate him to do what she wants

Question 3

Act 3 key quotes LM

Answer 3

‘Consider it not so deeply’ - simple sentence shows she is unaffected by the murder
‘Infirm of purpose’ - chastises Macbeth saying he is useless
‘Give me the daggers’ - imperative shows she is taking his masculinity by commanding him

Question 4

Act 4 key quotes LM

Answer 4

‘Doubtful joy’ - she is concerned about the way she is living, she can’t truly be happy through the adjective ‘doubtful’
‘Innocent of the knowledge’ - adjective ‘innocent’ shows she isn’t in control anymore
‘Are you a man’ - questioning his masculinity

Question 5

Act 5 key quotes LM

Answer 5

‘She has light by her bed continuously’ - adverb shows that she is afraid of the dark and is hugely weakened
‘Out dammed spot’ - she is losing power and command
‘Will these hands ever be clean?’ - rhetorical question shows she is desperate for redemption