lady Macbeth

Infirm of purpose ! (start LM)

after M murdered Duncan before she takes the daggers from M bc he forgot to leave them with the dead guards to frame then

(hypometric) short line symbolises LM short temper

! shouting emphasises LM anger

foreshadowing her eventual madness as it takes over her

break in pentameter through the use of dimeter - LM snaps at M

further exaggerates LMs anger towards M - manipulation

LM questioning his masculinity, implying hes acting like a scared child - manipulation

LM saying she physically and mentally stronger than M

My hands are of your color, but I (would be a) shame to wear a heart so white. (middle LM)

metaphor and hypermetric line

LM and M are in the same situation but M is acting cowardly

LM saying this to insult M she is ashamed of his weak and cowardly reaction

LM being carried away insulting M - controlling

‘white’ - purity, lack of courage, and guilt ‘heart’ - red blood

juxtaposition - parallels the contrast between how men and women act when in same situation

Are you a man? ( middle LM)

(when M is having a vision of Banquos ghost and becomes terrified, questioning his sanity)

( hypometric ) shortened line - shouting - snappy voice and

lacking something - M lacking masculinity

LM taking Ms masculinity - controlling

? - questioning M masculinity

Breakdown of their relationship as she tries to manage his public ‘fits’

How tender tis love to the babe that milks me? (start LM)

metaphor and antithesis

takes something innocent (maternal imagery) and corrupts it - illustrates LM desire for power and control over men

love and murder - shows her conflict between power and motherhood / feminity

Wash your hands, put on your night gown, look not so pale. (end LM)

3rd person and listing

talking to herself - powerless over her own self

parenting herself - motherhood

LM vulnerable state of feminity - presents what happens when women dont become mothers

feminine ideas at the time

emphasises guilt

Hell is murky! (end LM)

metaphor caesura short sentence ( hypometric) !

‘murky’ - unknown

‘hell’ - guilt negative

cant see hell - going mad / delusional

caesura - LM unstable like the structure

hell - spiritual - supernatural

links to death - possibly foreshadowing LM death

! - panic and emotional intensity her controlled manipulative tone from before is replaced by chaotic fear