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Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth. Come you spirits/that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. ( I.iv . p. 32, line 41 – 44)

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Lady Macbeth

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  1. Lady Macbeth • Come you spirits/that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. (I.iv. p. 32, line 41 – 44) • This statement shows how violent Lady Macbeth quickly becomes. She is ready to kill in order for her husband to achieve the throne. • Will Lady Macbeth eventually crack under the guilt from committing the murder?

  2. Macduff • Wait it so late, friend, ere you went to bed, that you do lie so late? (2.iii.p. 64 line 20 – 21) • He is curious and wants to find out what he is needed for. • Will Macduff be able to find his master right away or find him in his death bed?

  3. Malcolm • Why do we hold our tongues, That most may claim this argument for ours? (2.iii, line 16 – 17). • He is uncertain of his powers. He’s upfront and forward on this thoughts. • Why are Malcolm and Duncan keeping their opinions to themselves?

  4. Donalbain • What should be spoken here, where our fate, Hid in an auger hole, may rush and size us? (2.iii.lines 18 – 19). • He is very cautious.

  5. King Duncan • And Duncan’s horses – a thing most strange and certain – beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, contending ‘gainst obedience, as they would make war with mankind. (II.iv. p. 78 lines 14 – 18) • These lines reveal the disorder caused by Duncan’s death. When Duncan was alive, things were more calm and controlled. • What does this disorder of the horses at this moment foreshadow?

  6. Macbeth • Captain: But all’s too weak, For Brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-disdaining fortune with his brandished steel. (I.ii. P. 4, lines 15 – 17). • They say that nothing can stop Macbeth who is courageous, good with a blade, and laughs at luck. • Which of these traits, if any, enabled him to murder Duncan, the king?

  7. Fleance • Third witch: Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. (I.iii.p. 14, line 68) • It predicts that Fleance would someday become king. • What does the witch’s prediction mean to Macbeth’s future?

  8. Banquo • But ‘tis strange/And often times, to win us to our harm/The instruments of darkness tell us truths/win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/In deepest consequence. (I.iii.p. 20) • This shows that Banquo is more cautious and skeptical of the witches’ prophecies. • Would Banquo be more likely to believe the predictions if they spoke more of himself? Are his criticisms out of jealousy?

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