Macbeth relationship between Macbeth and lady Macbeth Flashcards
Dearest partner of greatness
L = superlative adjective indicate how much he loves her.
C = sees her as ‘partner brackets’ ; unusual in Jacobean era as it was a patriarchal society where women had less power than men
Like the poor cat I’th’adage
L = a simile. LMB compare him to the cat in the pro verb-he wants the crown, but doesn’t want to get his hand bloody. She takes control, planning the murder herself, and her dominance is shown in how she dominates the dialogue, but MB has to do it in the end as the looks like her father.
My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white
C = DRK = Macbeth knows he has done himself by killing gods representative on Earth. His guilt C = She mocks his masculinity, implying he is a coward, which would be the ultimate insult to a famous warrior, causing tension.
L = white symbolises cowardice and she thinks he’s a coward to be so afraid of Duncans murder. Ironic – she what is the blood of her hand while sleep walking before she kills herself.
Quite unmanned in folly
L = verb choice. LMB mocks MB for being so on masculine in his fear after he appears to see Banquos ghost at the banquet; she feels he will be foolish enough to betray the murder to the other things, which causes tension between them.
Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest, till thou applaud the deed
I = MB desires to conceal things from LMB
1) loves her and wants to protect her from Banquos murder until he knows it was successful. This is suggested by the endearment dearest chuck.
2) it is a symptom of the fact that they are becoming emotionally distant
She should have died here after
I = Macbeth‘s response can be interpreted in different ways
1) as he is facing attack from the English he has no proper time to grieve
2) She should not have died too soon , she had died too young
