Who said all my pretty ones did you say all?
Who said all my pretty ones did you say all?
Macduff
What all my pretty chickens and their dam meaning?
What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? (Macduff to Ross) Macduff just found out from Ross that Macbeth had Macduff’s whole family murdered. He continues the poultry metaphor and says that Macbeth fell from the sky and devoured his wife and kids in one swoop.
What does Malcolm mean when he says Dispute it like a man?
He is struck with grief, and Malcolm, while sympathetic, tells him to “dispute it like a man,” meaning that he should take revenge on Macbeth. Macduff replies that he will gain revenge in a manly way, but that he could not help but grieve as a man who has lost his family.
What does it mean when Lady Macbeth says unsex me?
In her famous soliloquy, Lady Macbeth calls upon the supernatural to make her crueler in order to fulfill the plans she conjured to murder Duncan. “… Unsex me here…” (1.5. 48) refers to her plea to rid of her soft, feminine façade and obtain a more ruthless nature.
Who does Lady Macbeth call upon to unsex?
Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to “unsex” her because she does not want to act or think like a stereotypical woman of Shakespeare’s time. Instead, she wants to be tough and strong, aggressive and unyielding: qualities associated with men rather than women.
What are Lady Macbeth’s values?
Kenneth Deighton. Of all Shakespeare’s female characters Lady Macbeth stands out far beyond the rest — remarkable for her ambition, strength of will, cruelty, and dissimulation.
What are Lady Macbeth’s traits?
Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.
Who is more blame Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?
Thus, more than anyone else in the play, primary responsibility for his downfall rests with Macbeth himself. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is partly to blame for Macbeth’s downfall. Macbeth can, and does, kill Duncan himself. Lady Macbeth just does a lot of talking and planning, but Macbeth does the killing.