‘I feel now The future in the instant.’ ‘The Queen, my lord, is dead.’ ‘I would while it was smiling in my face Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out.’ ‘When you durst do it, then you were a man;’ ‘Stand not upon the order of your going. But go at once.’ ‘My hands are of your colour; but I shame To wear a heart so white.’ ‘look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.’ Why did you bring these daggers from the place?... Infirm of purpose.’ ‘It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands. I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.’ ‘Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I done’t.’ immoral Manipulative controlled unrepentant Deranged ambitious Calculating sensitive critical suicidal

suicidal immoral ‘The Queen, my lord, is dead.’ ‘I would while it was smiling in my face Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out.’ ambitious Manipulative ‘I feel now The future in the instant.’ ‘When you durst do it, then you were a man;’ unrepentant controlled Calculating ‘My hands are of your colour; but I shame To wear a heart so white.’ ‘look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.’ ‘Stand not upon the order of your going. But go at once.’ critical Deranged Why did you bring these daggers from the place?... Infirm of purpose.’ ‘It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands. I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.’ sensitive ‘Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I done’t.’

Read the following statements about Lady Macbeth Read the following statements about Lady Macbeth. What do you agree/ disagree with? Explain your reasons for each statement. Lady Macbeth Agree/ Disagree Explanation Is intelligent Is unable to tell the difference between right and wrong Loves her husband Thinks her husband is brave Believes in the supernatural Is only thinking about her husband’s success Is unhappy Wants to be queen Is like the witches Is concerned about the future of Scotland Is persuasive Is heartless Is more ruthless than her husband Would make a good mother Is the weaker partner in the marriage Is capable of murder Can be trusted Would prefer Macbeth to be more ambitious Has a strong marriage Can influence her husband’s thoughts and actions

On the opposite sheet, you have ten quotes and ten characteristics of Lady Macbeth. Match them up and then decide where they go in the Venn diagram below. Do you feel repulsed by the characteristics or do you feel pity? What is your overwhelming feeling after looking at all of the quotes? Pi Pity Revulsion