Lady Macbeth guilt Flashcards
“Had he not resembled my father as he slept , I had done it”
The beginning exposes her guilty conscience coming to the service, exposing her in a cowardice and ingrained fear of patricide(killing father). Lady Macbeth is manipulative Ashley operate with a lemon a gender, she takes advantage of the alleged feminine weakness when it works in her favour yet brutally rejects it if it represses her
Critic DJ enright calls her a “sprinter of evil”
Lady Macbeth is classified as evil as her descent to madness as rapid as she climbs the tyranny – she quickly transition from a bad Barry woman to a caucus of insanity. Macbeth comparatively is more like a long-distance runner as his descent is slower
“Out, dammed spot!out I say!”
The “spot” is emblematic of the scar the murder has created on her mind. however this may be interpreted in another sentence by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Madness was often perceived as a sign of being possessed by Demons, it was believed Demon and witches had “spots” on their bodies which identified them as evil this is reinforced by “dammed” which has connotations of hell
Lady mb (enters with a taper)
As a taper provides light this is emblematic of how Lady Macbeth is seeking light , hope and solace in her internal mental darkness. Jesus was seen to be the light of the world providing salvation for mankind, therefore Lady Macbeth dependency on live 30 minutes
