lady macbeth

Cards (10)

  • "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"
    Act 1 Scene 5
    Metaphor - Thinks her husband is weaker than her. Likening him to a woman
    Doubtful of Macbeth
  • "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here!"
    Act 1 Scene 5
    Imperative verbs - links to superstition.
    Wants to lose any sensitivity
    Will go to any length to achieve ambitions
    Wants to bet rid of her femininity and weakness to get the deed done
    Hard-hearted
  • "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't"
    Act 1 Scene 5Simile and Antithesis
    Links with appearance and reality
    Thinking slyly
    When Duncan was going to spend the night, she told Macbeth to act DUPLICITOUS.
  • "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour, as thou art desire?"
    Act 1 Scene 7
    Rhetorical question (persuasive tech.) - Emasculating Macbeth
    Holds power over him
    Manipulative
  • "A little water clears us of this deed"
    Act 2 Scene 2
    Metaphor - links to theme of guilt
    Shows that she is resolved and cool headed
    Remorseless
  • (To a servant) "Is Banquo gone from court?"
    Act 3 Scene 2
    Power has minimised the relationship between Lady Macbeth as she resorts to asking a servant for information Macbeth is able to give directly.
    Links to theme of power
    Distant
  • "Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus"
    "But go at once"

    •Here lady Macbeth is seen to be taking control of the situation in which Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo,in order to save their respect
    •Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to leave to prevent him from giving away Information and is therefore taking control.
    -Use of authoritative imperatives
    Rationalising
  • "Will these hands ne'er be clean?"
    Act 3 Scene 4
    -Here Lady Macbeth is overtaken by guilt as she cannot stop washing her hands like she did in Act 2 Scene 2. She blames herself for creating monster of Macbeth.
    -Use of metaphorical question
    -Dramatic irony as the reader understands she is washing her hands out of guilt whereas the doctor does not
    GUILT-RIDDEN
  • "What's DONE CANNot be undone"
    Act 3 Scene 4
    Shakespeare uses a pun to show how Lady Macbeth gives away the terrible deeds she has done
    Giving away clues as to what happened to Duncan
  • "Infected mind"
    Act 3 Scene 4
    -Use of metaphorical device
    -Links to theme of internal chaos in her
    -Creates an atmosphere of pity and madness
    -Doctor believes she has been possessed by evil
    -The guilt is driving her to insanity
    Disturbed