Lady Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
Come you spirits … ___ here.
Come you spirits … unsex me here.
Act 1 Scene 5
Ambition
Gender
Supernatural
She is enacting necromancy (talking to the dead).
Look like th’ innocent flower, But ___
Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.
Act 1 Scene 5
Reality and appearances, Duncan trusted Lady Macbeth based on her fragile appearances, but in reality she was cunning and evil
Juxtaposition, trying to influence Macbeths good nature
Trying to influence Macbeth into violating the divine right of kings
What’s done __
“What’s done is done.”
Fate and free will
Implies that once something is accomplished, it cannot be changed. It reflects a resignation to the consequences of their actions, rather than a belief in free will to alter their course.
Are you a ___
Are you a man?
Gender
Emasculating Macbeth
All the perfumes of Arabia ___
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand
What’s done cannot be ___
What’s done cannot be undone
Juxtaposes how she said what’s done is done in Act 5 where she felt confident in her fate, but now it’s the opposite
When you durst do it, ___
When you durst do it, then you were a man
Act 1 Scene 5
Declarative, What Lady Macbeth says goes
Alliteration, Shows how forceful Lady Macbeth is being
Ambition, Lady Macbeth sees ambition as something that is a sign of strength and so since Macbeth lacks the ambition to kill the king she emasculates him
“A little water will ___”
“A little water will clear us of this deed”
Euphemistic, ‘this deed’ is her inability to say the word murder, a ‘little’ water diminishes the importance.
Juxtaposes “Out damned spot”
‘Out, damned ___!’
‘Out, damned spot!’
Imperative is ironic as she no longer has control, is an example of how far she has mentally unravelled, damned spot is religious imagery as she has sinned and her imminent suicide also condemns her soul, again euphemistic using ‘spot’ to refer to the blood as she can’t say the word
