Lady Macbeth - Theme

Question 1

What theme does LM have throughout?

Answer 1

• Power

Question 2

What does ‘unsex her’ suggest?

Answer 2

• Shakespeare’s creation has become more monsterous

- LM calling on spirits

Question 3

Describe the character of Lady Macbeth

Answer 3

• She is a powerful character

- Presentation is unnatural and unhuman

Question 4

‘Blanket of death’ suggests…

Answer 4

• LM is hiding her power, evil and cruelty

- Metaphor

Question 5

How is the presentation of Lady Macbeth maintained by Shakespeare?

Answer 5

• By maintaining her as a dangerous, dark and single minded woman, up to and immediately after Duncan’s death

Question 6

Describe what happens to Lady Macbeth’s relationship with her husband

Answer 6

• The distance grows

- LM weakens and has guilt