LM essay plan Flashcards
LM : key things for introduction
- one of the key characters
- known for her influence on M and her change in character
- at the start, she is presented as manipulative and evil woman
- she manipulates M into killing D and taking the crown
- she starts to lose power later on as M is no longer under her control
- by the end, she has lost all power, had a mental breakdown which led her to commit suicide
LM : A1S5 : L41 : First sighting and has got a letter from M :
LM wants to be evil all over her body and wants evil to take over her
“fill me from the crown to the toe” of “direst cruelty”
LM : A1S5 : L53 :
shows flattery to M, which is a way to manipulate him, she also immediately refers to his titles showing she wants power
“great Glamis, worthy cawdor”
LM : A1S5 : L25-26 :
LM wants M to hurry back so she can “…” to make him get the crown - her words are her weapons - manipulative
“pour” her spirits in his ear and “chatise” him to get the crown - “valour of my tongue”
LM : A1S5 : L64 :
LM tells M what to do - “…” - metaphor which tells him to be two-faced
“look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
LM and M’s dialouge shows that LM is ??
dominant as she speaks more, interrupts M and has the last word
LM : A1S7 : M has changed mind not to kill D : L60 :
LM is re-assuring M how easy it is to kill D, she is dominating
“screw your courage to the sticking-place”
LM : A1S7 : L39 :
LM asks M if he is scared - questioning bravery of a warrior
“art thou afeard?”
LM : A1S7 : L55-59 :
LM tells M that she would rather ……… then break a promise to M - manipulation - making him feel bad to change his mind - violent image
bash her babys head / brains out and smile in its face
LM : A1S7 : L69 :
shes saying they are a team although she is making M kill D by himself
“what cannot you and I preform upon th’unguarded Duncan”
LM : A2S2 : M has just killed D : L24 :
LM tells M it is a “….” to say that M is a “….” - shows she doesnt care that he thinks he is guilty
“foolish thought”
“sorry sight”
LM : A2S2 : L55 :
calls M pathetic and useless after he wouldnt go back to smear the guards with blood - contrast to start of scene when she was alone and was weaker
“Infirm of purpose!”
LM : A2S2 : L56 :
LM says that the sleeping and dead are “….” and that children fear “….” - calling M childish and weak that he cant go back
“but as pictures”
“a painted devil”
LM : A2S2 : L70 :
she is making it seem easy to forget about everything - contrast to A5S1
“a little water clears us of this deed”
LM : A2S2 : what is LM and M’s conversation like at the start?
rushed which shows they are panicking
LM : A3S2 : LM is starting to lose power even though she is Queen : L3 :
she asks the servant to tell M that she would like to “….” - shows that she now has to ask to see her husband - contrast to start when LM would know where he is all the time
“attend his leisure for a few words”
LM : A3S2 : L44 :
when LM asks M “….”, M responds with “….” - shows that M doesnt tell her everything now so she is losing power and is now out of the picture
“whats to be done?”
“be innocent of the knowledge”
LM : A3S4 : banquet : L5 :
M says “….” - she is sat behind M not with him - losing power
“our hostess keeps her state”
LM : A3S4 : L7 :
LM says to M to “….” (her welcome) - she is acting like a weak woman compared to the bossy and manipulative LM
“pronounce it for me”
LM : A3S4 : L58 :
LM asks M “….” when he loses his temper over ghost of B - persuasive tactic for when he listened to her
“are you a man?”
LM : A3S4 : L61-63 :
LM tries to undermine M by saying “….” (absolute rubbish) when he responds that he is a man - LM then says that he is imagining things like the “….” which he said led him to D
“O, proper stuff!”
“air-drawn dagger”
LM : A3S4 : L141 :
LM is taking the easy way out of an argument unlike her character at the start by saying that M “….”
“lack the season of all natures, sleep”
LM : A5S1 : LM has no control and is having a mental breakdown which leads to her committing : L17 :
LM enters with a …. - this is a contrast to the start of the play as she wanted it to be dark so they could kill D, now she is scared of the …………
taper
dark and evil spirits
LM : A5S1 : L31 :
her speech is all broken up which reflects her mind - she used to speak in blank verse but now in prose showing she has become unimportant
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
