Lady Macbeth key quotations

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GCSE English Flashcards on Lady Macbeth key quotations, created by James Pepworth on 21/05/2017.
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Flashcards by James Pepworth, updated more than 1 year ago
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Lady Macbeth's first scene, Talking about how to persuade Macbeth. "That I may... chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round." - LM Act 1 Scene 5
Lady Macbeth talking about her husband not wanting to kill the king. "[His nature] is too full of the milk of human kindness." -LM Act 1 Scene 5
Lady Macbeth on the occult. "Come, you spirits, unsex me here" - LM Act 1 scene 5
Lady Macbeth on deception. "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." - LM Act 1 Scene 5
Her telling Macbeth he would be more manly by killing Duncan. "To be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." - LM Act 1 Scene 7
Lady Macbeth talking about courage and failure. "But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail." - LM Act 1 scene 7
Lady Macbeth admitting she couldn't kill Duncan. "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't" - LM Act 2 Scene 2
Lady Macbeth on getting rid of the murder. "Go get some water, and wash this unsightly witness from your hands." - LM to M Act 2 Scene 2
Lady Macbeth having to ask to talk to Macbeth "Say to the king, I would attend his leisure for a few words." - LM Act 3 Scene 2
Macbeth talking to LM about Banquo's murder. "Be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck." - LM act 3 scene 2
Macbeth saying he will rely on the witches. "I will tomorrow - and betimes I will - to the weird sisters" - M Act 3 Scene 4
The doctor on Lady Macbeth "Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural problems" - Doctor Act 5 Scene 1
LM showing she knows what Macbeth has been doing without her. "The thane of fife had a wife, where is she now?" - LM Act 5 Scene 1
The doctor on Lady Macbeth "Infected minds to their pillows do discharge their secrets." - Doctor Act 5 Scene 1
Malcolm's description of Lady Macbeth. "Fiend-like queen" - Malcolm Act 5 Scene 9
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