Lady Macbeth

• unsex me here


  Theme of the supernatural, calls upon the supernatural- labelling LM as a evil character. Imperative language ‘unsex’- thinks she has control over supernatural. She wants to become a man, as she requires cold, calculated traits in which men were thought to have in the Shakespearean era. LM wants the natural order disrupted in order to be aboe to independently carry out deeds to fulfill her obsession with power.
• 'Look like th' innocent flower but be the serpent under it' - LM uses imagery to show how she will hide her true intentions from others
• 'I have given my soul's consent' - LM is willing to do anything to achieve her ambition
• 'Unsex me here' - LM wishes to take on masculine characteristics so that she can commit murder herself
• What does this quote show about LM? ‘serpent under’


  LMs ambitious, evil, manipulative nature
• 'Come thick night' - LM invokes darkness to conceal their actions