Lady Macbeth

Too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness - A1S5

Macbeth sees LM as his equal - unusual in time period - their relationship began strong

My dearest partner of greatness - A1S5

Pour my spirits in thine ear - A1S5

Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t - A1S5

Ridding herself of all stereotypically feminine traits to become a ruthless killer - doesn’t naturally have cruel tendencies (need help from spirits) - exterior is an act

Unsex me here,/ And fill me [with] direst cruelty - A1S5

When you durst do it, then you were a man - A1S7

Despite being ambitious and has a strong desire to be cruel, she cannot actually kill - still a woman, who is, by nature. weaker

Had he not resembled/ My father as he slept, I had done ‘t - A2S2

A little water clears us of this dead - A2S2

Got what they wanted. but at the cost of their happiness

Our desire is got without content - A3S2

Highlights the change in their dynamic - M becomes more in control while LM is now more emotionally vulnerable and powerless (gender roles)

Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck - A3S2

Reveals all her repressed guilt and fears - manifested through insomnia and visions of blood - suffers the same emotions as Macbeth without expressing them - overwhelming

Out dammed spot […] will these hands ne’er be clean? - A5S1

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand - A5S1

His fiend-like queen - A5S9