Macbeth Essay: Essential Phrases (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Lady M's transformation (Acts 1-2 → end)
Lady M's transformation (Acts 1-2 → end)
Far cry from screaming harridan → vulnerable & fragile
What Lady M fails to foresee
What Lady M fails to foresee
Strength of her own conscience
Lady M's initial presentation
Lady M's initial presentation
Ambitious, malevolent force
Lady M's goal re: Macbeth's conscience
Lady M's goal re: Macbeth's conscience
Destroy this part of him for her ambitions
What Lady M strives to overcome
What Lady M strives to overcome
Woman's physical & emotional weaknesses
Lady M's approach to murder
Lady M's approach to murder
Cool, practical approach
Lady M by end of play
Lady M by end of play
Picture of vulnerability & fragility
What Lady M underestimates
What Lady M underestimates
Power of her conscience
What unites Macbeth & Lady M
What unites Macbeth & Lady M
Their ambition
Lady M's role in Duncan's murder
Lady M's role in Duncan's murder
Mastermind behind the murder
When their relationship begins to fail
When their relationship begins to fail
Moment they dedicate to Duncan's murder
Macbeth's path vs Lady M's path
Macbeth's path vs Lady M's path
Survival on throne vs consumed by guilt
Effect of evil on both
Effect of evil on both
Destroys them; isolated, alone, despised