LM essay plan

Question 1

LM : key things for introduction

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

“fill me from the crown to the toe” of “direst cruelty”

Question 3

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

Answer 3

“great Glamis, worthy cawdor”

Question 4

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

Answer 4

“pour” her spirits in his ear and “chatise” him to get the crown - “valour of my tongue”

Question 5

LM : A1S5 : L64 :
LM tells M what to do - “…” - metaphor which tells him to be two-faced

Answer 5

“look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”

Question 6

LM and M’s dialouge shows that LM is ??

Answer 6

dominant as she speaks more, interrupts M and has the last word

Question 7

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

Answer 7

“screw your courage to the sticking-place”

Question 8

LM : A1S7 : L39 :
LM asks M if he is scared - questioning bravery of a warrior

Answer 8

“art thou afeard?”

Question 9

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

Answer 9

bash her babys head / brains out and smile in its face

Question 10

LM : A1S7 : L69 :
shes saying they are a team although she is making M kill D by himself

Answer 10

“what cannot you and I preform upon th’unguarded Duncan”

Question 11

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

Answer 11

“foolish thought”
“sorry sight”

Question 12

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

Answer 12

“Infirm of purpose!”

Question 13

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

Answer 13

“but as pictures”
“a painted devil”

Question 14

LM : A2S2 : L70 :
she is making it seem easy to forget about everything - contrast to A5S1

Answer 14

“a little water clears us of this deed”

Question 15

LM : A2S2 : what is LM and M’s conversation like at the start?

Answer 15

rushed which shows they are panicking

Question 16

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

Answer 16

“attend his leisure for a few words”

Question 17

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

Answer 17

“whats to be done?”
“be innocent of the knowledge”

Question 18

LM : A3S4 : banquet : L5 :
M says “….” - she is sat behind M not with him - losing power

Answer 18

“our hostess keeps her state”

Question 19

LM : A3S4 : L7 :
LM says to M to “….” (her welcome) - she is acting like a weak woman compared to the bossy and manipulative LM

Answer 19

“pronounce it for me”

Question 20

LM : A3S4 : L58 :
LM asks M “….” when he loses his temper over ghost of B - persuasive tactic for when he listened to her

Answer 20

“are you a man?”

Question 21

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

Answer 21

“O, proper stuff!”
“air-drawn dagger”

Question 22

LM : A3S4 : L141 :
LM is taking the easy way out of an argument unlike her character at the start by saying that M “….”

Answer 22

“lack the season of all natures, sleep”

Question 23

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 …………

Answer 23

taper
dark and evil spirits

Question 24

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

Answer 24

“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”

Question 25

LM : A5S1 : L45 :
LM says that “….” will not sweeten her hand - similar to what M said about how all the oceans will not clean him of the deed

Answer 25

“all the perfumes of Arabia”