lady macbeth shit Flashcards
lady Macbeth guilt quote (end)
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood. Clean from my hand?
sex quote (start)
Come, you spirits unsex me here
deed quote (after killing)
A little water clears us of this deed:
how does lady macbeths attitude change throughout the poem
she starts strong/cunning
then starts to lose her mind as she kills the king and becomes queen
what is the whole story about
ambition and power
context for play
divine rights of king - put in place by God, killing him is against god
gender and stereotypes
supernatural
supernatural context
King James I’s had a personal interest in the supernatural at the time of the play, lot of fear of supernatural
people who did witchcraft at the time were seen as blasphemous
gender context
woman was at the time:
feminine qualities
subservient to men