Lady Macbeth Key Moments

Lady Macbeth Key Moments

1. 1. She receives a letter from Macbeth

   • Themes
     • ambition
     • power
     • The supernatural is dangerous
     • sexism/double standards
   • Character
     • ambitious
     • Desperate to succeed
     • begins to doubt Macbeth
   • Consequences
     • she persuades Macbeth to kill the king
     • she goes to the supernatural to help

2. 2. She conjours the dark spirits

   • Themes
     • power
     • guilt
     • supernatural
     • ambition
   • Consequences
     • she commits suicide because she feels guilty
     • she has to live with the monster she has created
     • she has alot of deaths on her hands
     • She loses her relationship with Macbeth
   • Character
     • She needs the dark spirits to make her evil, therefor she isn't to start off with
     • desperate
     • She is evil and willing to become supernatural
     • commits suicide out of guilt

3. 3. She plots to kill the king

   • Themes
     • royalty
     • ambition
     • manipuation
     • power
   • Character
     • manipulates Macbeth to kill the king
     • she feels she pushed Macbeth to do it, so commits suicide
     • ambitious
     • evil or controled by the supernatural
   • Consequences
     • she has to live with the guilt
     • she commits suicide out of guilt
     • she causes Macbeth to decend into madness
     • she loses her relationship with Macbeth to disappear

4. 4. She meets Macbeth afther the murder

   • Themes
     • power
     • ambition
     • blame
     • guilt
   • Consequences
     • she starts to turn mad
     • she fells guilt for her manipulation of macbeth