Lady Macbeth Analysis
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- Lady Macbeth Quote Analysis: Act One
- "Pluck'd my ******... dash'd the brains out"
- Confirms the idea that she no longer obtains the "milk of human kindness"
- Not just letting go of her femininity, but her humanity on a whole
- Power of words/ manipulation
- Only true power she has is the power to control Macbeth
- Her own lack of pity would extend to committing the murder of her own child
- Insanity can lead people to believe that they are powerful when they are in fact weak
- Shakespeare is presenting Lady Macbeth to the audience as how she perceives herself
- Appearances Vs. Reality
- Shakespeare is presenting Lady Macbeth to the audience as how she perceives herself
- Insanity can lead people to believe that they are powerful when they are in fact weak
- "With great power comes great insanity" trope
- Evidenced widely in texts and entertainment to this day
- Letting go of the idea that women are required to be nurturing and loviing
- Social / Historical Context
- Act One Scene Seven
- Confirms the idea that she no longer obtains the "milk of human kindness"
- "Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under't"
- Aware of her insanity, as the serpent she refers to is a metaphorical embodiment of her insanity
- Ironic as whilst insanity can be perceived to be a sign of weakness, the fact that she can acknowledge it shows that she's in control = power.
- Believes being deceptive is necessary
- Dissimulates her true motives when around others
- Theme of Appearances vs. Reality
- Dissimulates her true motives when around others
- Links to the Garden of Eden, with comparisons between Eve and Lady M.
- Both were women who were responsible for the downfall of God's work
- God created the Garden of Eden and was said to appoint the King (both Duncan and Macbeth died on L.M's behalf)
- Both were women who were responsible for the downfall of God's work
- Act One Scene Five
- Aware of her insanity, as the serpent she refers to is a metaphorical embodiment of her insanity
- "Unsex me here"
- Act One Scene Five
- Asking to no longer possess her feminine traits
- Believes her feelings and emotions will get in the way of her ambitions
- Wants to be a single figure of power
- Imperative Verb depicts strength
- Doesn't want to be humane at all, regardless of the gender
- Never asks for her feminine traits to be replaced with masculine ones
- "The illness should attend it"
- Does believe that Macbeth is ambitious enough to murder, but isn't insane enough
- Repetition of 'without' shows she truly believes he does lack a lot of 'important' qualities
- Isn't just trying to get a rise out of it when she berates him in other scenes
- From only reading a letter she can tell Macbeth is beginning to think through the plan of killing Duncan
- Evidences how well they know each other
- Automatically drawn to only picking the evil out of things- suggests that is what she ultimately is
- Creates a sense of self-doubt in herself
- Indirectly referring to herself being the one with the 'illness'
- Reflected negatively upon her insanity before- ironic as she later embraces it in order to become Queen
- Indirectly referring to herself being the one with the 'illness'
- Act One Scene Five
- "Then done double"
- Act One Scene Six
- Reiteration of the term which appears in biased speech or from unjust states of mind
- Captain, Witches, Macbeth
- Foreshadows later insanity
- Represents idea that she's never satisfied, so has to have 'double' of what she already has
- Gives insight into why she pushes Macbeth towards becoming kindg
- "Pluck'd my ******... dash'd the brains out"
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