Macbeth - Lady Macbeth Flashcards
This shows Duncan trusts Lady Macbeth
Our honoured hostess
This shows Macbeth has affection for Lady Macbeth
My dearest partner of greatness
Macbeth compliments his wife by saying he strength makes her man-like
Thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males
Malcolm judges Lady Macbeth to be like a devil
Fiend-like queen
What will Lady Macbeth do to Macbeth?
Pour my spirits in thine ear
How is Lady Macbeth not presented as Macbeth’s equal?
His problem not their problem
How does Lady Macbeth speak when calling on demons and suchlike?
In prose
This is how Lady Macbeth describes Macbeth to suggest he has lots of compassion, which is bad
Too full o’the milk of human-kindness
Lady Macbeth shows that dead Duncan is nothing to worry about
What’s done is done
Lady Macbeth sees murder as no big deal, initially.
A little water clears us of this deed
Lady Macbeth has guilt by the end
What’s done cannot be undone