Lady Macbeth

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Cards (21)

  • Lady Macbeth subverts feminine stereotypes of the Jacobean era but also conforms to them in a contradictory way
  • Historical context: Women in Shakespeare's time belonged to their fathers and then their husbands, had limited rights and roles
  • In Macbeth, women are portrayed as weak and subservient to men
  • Lady Macbeth is depicted as powerful and manipulative, persuading her husband to commit murder
  • Lady Macbeth calls on evil spirits to help her carry out her plan, rejecting her femininity to assist her husband
  • Lady Macbeth's power and influence diminish after Duncan's murder, losing her place in society and her role at home
  • Shakespeare's portrayal of Lady Macbeth both subverts and reaffirms feminine stereotypes of the era
  • "unsex me here"
  • "Come to my woman's breasts and take your milk!"
  • "I have given my soul's consent, thoughts and visions within me burn"
  • "I have given to drink cold water to the thirsty"
  • "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here," - Lady Macbeth
  • "Out damned spot! Out I say!"
  • "Look like th' innocent flower but be the serpent under it" - Lady Macbeth
  • "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it."
  • "O full of scorpions is my mind dear wife"
  • "Out damned spot! out i say!"
  • "I have given my soul's consent" - Lady Macbeth
  • "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it" - Lady Macbeth
  • "Out damned spot! Out I say!" - Lady Macbeth
  • "Look like th' innocent flower but be the serpent under it"