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“dearest
partner
of
greatness“
Macbeth writes letter to his wife about the witches
“dearest” =
superlative
they are
close
“partner” = they
work
together, he sees her as an
equal
“Greatness“ = they are both
obsessed
with
power
“Unsex me here“
lady Macbeth
prays to the spirits before Macbeth and her start
plaNing Duncan’s death
stripped of her
feminism
and
humanity
just a
facade
, she’s not how she
pretends
“Dashes
the
brains
out”
Lady Macbeth tried to convince Macbeth to kill
Duncan
whilst he’s in their
home
obvious hyperbole
(exaggeration) she wants to act
ruthless
even though she isn’t (all a facade)
“Not
resembled
my
father”
Lady Macbeth regrets not killing Duncan herself as she waits for Macbeth to kill him
soliloquy
She isn’t as
cold
/
ruthless
as she seems
“(Fainting)
help
me
hence,
ho
!”
Lady Macbeth
distracts the lords as Macbeth struggles to explain why he killed Duncan’s guards
stage directions-
cunning
, uses stereotypes of
women
to her benefit
“Nought had all‘s spent”
“What’s done is done”
Lady Macbeth regrets killing
Duncan
on her own but acts confident when Macbeth
enters
is she a hypocrite for hiding her
fears
or is she supporting Macbeth as she’s trying to
comfort
him ?
“Dearest chuck”
Lady Macbeth is left out of Macbeth’s plan to kill
Banquo
Big
turning
point, lost control of Macbeth
turned him into a
monster
,
marginalised
her, influenced
she has lost
power
over him
“Out
damned
spot”
Lady Macbeth
sleepwalks
and talks about the murder of
Duncan
her repressed guilt manifests itself throughout her subconsciousness during her
sleep
motif of blood =
guilt,
unlike
Macbeth
she has no support
“Died
hereafter“
Macbeth hears that
Lady
macbeth
has
died
as Malcolms army attacks
Dunsinane
She has become
irrelevant
to Macbeth
she doesn’t even have a
voice
in her own death
she dies
powerless
and
voiceless
“Fied-like
queen”
Malcolm
describes Lady Macbeth after defeating Macbeth at the end of the play
Fiend = a
devil
her
legacy,
how she will b remembered, how she wanted the spirits to make her
"out
damned
spot"
Lady Macbeth
is
sleep
walking
she is trying to wipe away here
guilty conscience
juxtaposition
to Macbeth but Lady Macbeth was there for him, now lady Macbeth has no
one
"
the
thane
of
Fife
had
a wife,
where
is
she
now
?"
lady Macbeth finds out about the
murder
of
Lady
Macduff
is she
sad
because she
lost
control
of Macbeth ?
or is she
worried
something like that will
happen
to her?
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