FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth
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Duncan
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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. [Macbeth, act I, scene V] Strong expression of cruelty.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Exit Messenger Page 4 LADY MACBETH 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-4: -The ‘mortal thoughts’ which these spirits ‘tend on’ are deadly thoughts: i.e. thoughts of murder. 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.
Detailed explanation-5: -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).