Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

1. Lady Macbeth is cruel

   • "fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty"
   • "Are you a man?"

2. Lady Macbeth subverts the expectations of a patriarchal society

   • "take my milk for gall"
   • "Give me the daggers"
   • "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpant under't"
   • "unsex me"

3. Lady Macbeth feels guilty/regrets

   • "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
   • "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
   • "Nought's had, all's spent"

4. Lady Macbeth is strong/commanding

   • "leave all the rest to me"
   • "screw your courage to the sticking-place"
   • "Give me the daggers"
   • "Wash your hands, put on your night-gown, look not so pale"

5. Lady Macbeth is caring/scared/weak

   • "Had he not resembled my Father as he slept, I had done't"
   • "The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?"
   • Macbeth: "Be innocent of the knowledge"
     • He doesn't trust her anymore