Lady Macbeth Quotes

Question 1

“_____ me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of ______ _______”

Answer 1

“Unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty
Act 5 Scene 1

Reduce my femininity
Sacrifice her feminine qualities

Question 2

“When thou durst __ it, then you were a ___

Answer 2

“When thou durst do it, then you were a man
Lady Macbeth to Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7

Manipulated by Lady Macbeth

Question 3

“Look like the ________ flower but be the_______ under’t”

Answer 3

“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5

2 faced, reference to Garden of Eden, duplicitous nature and deception of appearance and reality, aware of her gender to deceive others

King James had a commemorative medallion/coin printed after surviving the gunpower plot, it had a flower with a serpent underneath it, sucking up to James I to respect him, biblical imagery

Question 4

“Dashed the _____ out”

Answer 4

Masculinity is subverted, Lady Macbeth is an atypical woman, non archetypal as she yearns for masculine characteristics, it is synonymous with power, so she attempts to remove herself with felinity, childbirth, so rejecting it through violence