macbeth

Question 1

(act 1 scene 5) -“unsex me here and fill ne from the crown to toe top-full of direst cruelty”

Answer 1

UNSEX; she wants to reverse her femininity

she does not want to be a man

she wants to be more masculine so she can gain more power

FILL ME CROWN TO THE TOe; she’s asking to take out all the good aspects that make her human and to fill her with pure cruelty

THEMES
gender, supernatural, gender roles

Question 2

( act 1 scene 6) “look like innocent flower but be serpent under it”

Answer 2

on the outside display all the characteristics that she wishes to remove but on the inside be cold and cruel

act feminine on the outside and keep her masculinity hidden from people.

biblical reference as the serpent in the garden of pure evil, destruction and cruelty. which are all characteristics lady Macbeth wishes to obtain

THEMES
lady macbeth,supernatural, betrayal, ambition

Question 3

( ACT 3 scene 1, banquo) “i fear thou play’st moat foully for it”

Answer 3

I FEAR; he suspects macbeth has become king in an illegitimate way

Question 4

( act 5, scene 5) “life is but a walking shadow”

Answer 4

for the first time macbeth shows how he is showing signs of reflection and contemplation.

represents the shadow with life and how you can never stop a shadow brom moving just like you can stop time and life will always go on

Question 5

( brief candle)

Answer 5

the candle is a symbol for life it shows how the candle can easily be put out just how life can easily end and it doesn’t last forever

Question 6

(-“tale told by an idiot … signifying nothing”