Macbeth Lady Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
‘Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to toe top-full of direst cruelty.’
Act 1 Scene 5.
Transgressing the role of a woman and presented as the root of evil in the play.
‘Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall.’
Act 1 scene 5.
Transgressing the role of a woman.
‘I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out.’
Act 1 scene 7.
Transgressing the role of a woman and presented as unstable and disturbed.
‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’
Act 1 scene 5.
Transgressing the role of a woman and being the root of evil in the play.
‘Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue.’
Act 1 scene 5.
Transgressing the role of a woman and being the root of evil in the play.
‘My dearest partner of greatness’ followed by ‘fear thy nature.’
Act 1 scene 5.
Presented as unstable as disturbed as she immediately juxtaposes.
‘Almost at odds with morning, which is which.’
Act 3 scene 4.
Presented as unstable as disturbed.
‘I may pour my spirits in thine ear.’
Act 1 scene 5.
Presented as unstable and disturbed and the root of evil in the play.
‘The Thane of ____ had a ____, ____ is she now?’
What Act?
‘The Thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now?’
Act 5 Scene 1
‘To ____, to ____!…. ____, ____, ____, ____… To ____, to ____, to ____!’
What Act?
‘To bed, to bed!…. come, come, come, come… To bed, to bed, to bed!’
Act 5 Scene 1
How is Lady Macbeth shown an the root of evil in the play?
She used emotional blackmail, manipulation and coercion to convince Macbeth to kill.
She also goes to such extent as to demand the supernatural to remove her femininity to become pure evil.
‘To ____ ____ ever is to ____: ____ all the ____ to me.’
What Act?
‘To alter favour ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me.’
Act 1 Scene 5
‘Nor heaven ____ through the ____ of the ____,’
What Act?
‘Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,’
Act 1 Scene 5
Just as Duncan is being killed:
‘Had he not resembled my ____ as he ____, I had ____.’
What Act?
‘Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t.’
Act 2 Scene 2
Just after Duncan’s killed:
‘I heard the ___ ____ and ____ ____.’
What Act?
‘I heard the owl scream and crickets cry.’
Act 2 Scene 2
