Macbeth - Lady Macbeth Flashcards
Quote to show her influence on Macbeth
“When you durst do it, then you were a man. And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man”
Quote to show that she is disturbed
“She is troubled with thick coming fantasies”
Quotes to show that she is cunning
“Look like th’innocent flower,/But be the serpent under’t”
Quotes to show her cruelty
“And fill me from crown to the toe topfull/ Of direst cruelty”
What does she do to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan?
She uses his ambition and fear of being seen as a coward to manipulate him into killing Duncan
Quotes to show that she is power hungry
She says “unsex me here” as she links masculinity to strength and believes that this would make her stronger
This shows that she has a hunger for power
Proof that she’s clever
When Duncan’s murder is discovered she faints in order to draw attention away from her as a murder suspect
(Taking advantage of the way women were viewed at the time, mimicking a woman who was overcome by shock)
Lady Macbeth has an unusual significance in the play
Because women at the time would not have done the same things that she had done because they are portrayed as innocent
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