Lady Macbeth Flashcards
(11 cards)
What adjectives describe Lady Macbeth ?
- Ambitious
- Manipulative
- Sly/deceitful
- Cunning
- Strong-minded
- Not the stereotypical Jacobean woman
-Powerful (becomes powerless)
What themes link to Lady Macbeth ?
Ambition
Guilt
Dissembling
Trust (lack of)
Power
Gender
What are Lady Macbeth’s key moments in Act 1, scene 5 ?
Act 1, Scence 5 :
receives letter from husband, her soliloquy reveals her ambitious personality -
“Come you spirits, tend on mortal thoughts”
Is it too full o’th milk of human kindness”
What are key moments for lady macbeth in Act 2, Scene 2 ?
Putting the daggers back :
“Why did you bring these daggers from the place”
“Infirm of purpose give me the daggers”
Conversation after the deed:
“These deeds must not be thought of””It will make us mad”
“Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from you hand”
What are Lady Macbeth’s key moments in Act 1, scene 7 ?
Convinces Macbeth to commit regicide by questioning his manhood and telling him that if he has promised him to do
something like that she would even if it was to “dashed the brains out”
of her newborn child -
“When you first do it then you are a man”
“ Screw your courage to the sticking place”
What are Lady Macbeth’s key moments in Act 2, scene 3 ?
Faints when Macbeth is overly talking about why he killed the guards to divert attention:
- “Help me hence , ho!”
What are Lady Macbeth’s key moments in Act 3, scene 4 ?
Tried to get Macbeth to calm down by :
Questioning his masculinity:
“Are you a man?”
Urges him to snap out of his trance by comparing Banquo’s Ghost to the daggers because she doesn’t believe it is real : “ This is the air-drawn dagger which led you to Duncan”
What are Lady Macbeth’s key moments in Act 5, scene 1 ?
Sleepwalking, embodiment of guilt and regret:
Comparison to the night of Duncan’s Death:
“Yet here’s a spot out dammed spot! out i say”
“Wash your hands put on your night gown”
“ all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand”
What shows that Lady macbeth has gone from powerful to power less ?
“The thane of fife has a wide where is she now ? “ - shows the distance of her relationship with her husband now and she now at fault for the evil character Macbeth is now
“Banquo’s buried, he cannot come out on’s grave” - pretending to comfort Macbeth because he no longer needs her because his hamartia has led to him being so evil he cannot be saved since he cannot restrain himself from going after what he wants.
