Macbeth - Act 1 - Scene 7

Macbeth - Act 1 - Scene 7

1. This is the scene where Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill king Duncan. This is a key scene.

2. Lady Macbeth

   • Wants power
   • Persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan
     • Does this by insulting him
       • 'So green and pale'
         • Sickly, calling him a coward
     • Challenging his manliness
       • 'When you durst do it, then you were a man.'
   • Threatening, and asking him questions
     • 'Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?
   • When arguing, Lady Macbeth keeps cutting Macbeth off
   • She had no attactments
     • 'Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.'
       • She would do anything if she promised
   • Direct

3. Macbeth

   • Macbeths soliloquy
     • King Duncan is a good king
       • 'So clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels'
     • King Duncan made Macbeth Thane
       • 'He's here in double trust: First I am his kinsman and his subject.'
     • Macbeth is only killing the king for power
       • 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition'
   • When arguing, Macbeth keeps cutting Lady Macbeth off.
   • Going back on his word because he does not want guilt.
   • At the end, he is ready and he wants to kill the king.
     • This is because he wants power
     • 'I am settled and bend up.'
   • 'False face must hide what the false heart doth know.'
     • He has to show sadness and shock and love when he kills King Duncan

4. Green = Macbeth, Purple = Lady Macbeth, Orange/yellow = quotes, Blue = General.

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