Incorporating quotes into your responses is great because it shows the examiner that your response is well thought-out and grounded in evidence. You must try to embed key quotes in your response to the whole text question as it shows that you know the play well.
This video shows you some more key quotes.
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This is a key scene of the play - it's where we see Lady Macbeth's darker side, as she speaks to spirits and ghosts, drawing on their dark power to give her the strength to carry out her evil deeds.
This is the infamous "unsex me" scene, where Lady Macbeth asks for her milk to be turned into "gall" (anger/rage), and "make thick my blood/stop up the passage and access to remorse" - she is asking for all that makes her feminine (and weak) to be blocked, for her to become stronger, and therefore more able to commit evil deeds. Controversial as this scene is, it's important to fully understand it as it helps us to understand Lady Macbeth's role in the play as a whole. She is a subversion of a stereotypical female character, and this scene makes that very clear. It leads us quite well into the latter half of the scene, where Lady Macbeth exerts her power over Macbeth, giving him clear instructions to look like "the flower, but be the serpent under't". Here is Mr Bruff's analysis:
Oh, Mr Bruff. He's only gone and made a cheeky song to help you remember some key quotes:
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In a Nutshell...After returning from war, Macbeth meets three witches who tell him that he is to become King. His wife persuades him to kill the existing King in order to win the throne - but this comes with a whole heap of problems, as Macbeth has to continually kill people - including his best friend - in order to hide the truth. ArchivesCategories
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