Relationship LMB and MB Flashcards
‘Dearest partner of greatness’
L: superlative adjective indicates how much he loves her
C: sees her as equal, unusual in Jacobean times as it was a Patriarchal society where women had less power than men
‘My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white’
C: DRK: MB knows he has damned himself to hell by killing Gods representative on Earth, his guilt causes tension
L: white symbolises cowardice and she thinks he is a coward to be so afraid after D’s murder. However this is ironic because she washes the blood off her hand Whicker sleepwalking before she kills herself.
C: she mocks his masculinity. Implying he is a coward which should be the ultimate insult to a famous warrior
‘’She should’ve died hereafter’
I: MB’s resolves an be interpreted in different ways:
1) he is facing attack from the English so he has no proper time to grieve
2) she should not died too soon - she was too young
‘Be innocent it the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed’
I: MB’s desire to conceal their hints from LMB can be interpreted different ways:
1) he loves her and wants to protect her from D’s murder until it is successful. This is suggested by the endearment ‘dearest chuck’
2) it is a symptom of the fact that they are becoming emotionally distant from each other
‘Quite unmanned in folly’
L: verb choice. LMB mocks MB for being so unmasculine in his fear after he appear to see B’s ghost at the banquet; she fears he will be foolish enough to betray the murder to the other thanes, which causes tension between them
‘Like the poor carpet i’th ‘adage’
L: simile. LMB compares him to the cat in the proverb - he wants the crown but is too worried about getting his hands bloody. She takes control by 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 D looks like her father
C: in Jacobean times it was unusual for women to be more dominant over men - reverse of patriarchal roles
