FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Lady Macbeth
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Macbeth
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Banquo
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The Witches
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Detailed explanation-1: -82 : Lady Macbeth : Come, you spirits; ; That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, ; ; And fill me, from crown to the toe, top-full; ; Of direst cruelty.
Detailed explanation-2: -The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!
Detailed explanation-3: -Of direst cruelty! 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: -As she awaits her husband’s arrival, she delivers a famous speech in which she begs, “you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty” (1.5.38–41).
Detailed explanation-5: -This line tells us a lot about the character and her obsession with power. She is ready to become an empty vessel, stripped of any personal qualities, possessed by the evil spirits, but the only thing she wants to preserve and thinks of is her crown. She doesn’t want to be a woman, but a Queen in her own rights.