FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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have a sex change operation
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think and act like a cruel man would in this situation
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take away any children she might have had
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become a virgin again so that she can be a proper queen
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Detailed explanation-1: -The famous line, “unsex me here” is Lady Macbeth asking to be rid of any female qualities, such as gentleness and pity. She wants to be filled with cruelty, and wants her blood to be made thick. The idea of the thick blood is that thick blood will stop those same female qualities from reaching her mind.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth’s command that these spirits ‘unsex’ here seems to be a request for her femininity or womanhood to be drained out of her, so she is more ‘manly’ and ready to kill. She wishes to be filled instead with ‘direst cruelty’ from head to toe.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Act 1 of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, sensing her husband’s shaky resolve in committing murder to secure the crown of Scotland, asks spirits to “unsex” her ‑ to take away the “weaknesses” associated with being female.
Detailed explanation-4: -Moreover, she wants the “direst” cruelty inside her soul. She wants to be the most cruel, the most ruthless, not just cruel enough to conduct the plan. Lady Macbeth doesn’t want to leave any space for something else, there is only one thing she wants to be fulfilled with.
Detailed explanation-5: -In an attempt to make her worthy of murder, she asks spirits to “unsex me here, ” implying that being a woman means she cannot be powerful. This is the first example of Lady Macbeth purposefully rejecting her femaleness to gain power.