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To support this point she then calls on the spirits to unsex her: "Unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topfully Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood," Calling on spirits in Elizabethan times would be seen as evil as they believed in witchcraft, it would have shocked the audience that a women would call on them, therefore encouraging the term ?fiend' to be placed on her; by unsexing herself she would be removing her gentler feelings ...
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She wants to be filled with "direst cruelty" so she doesn't show any remorse or weakness of character and wants to "make thick my blood" so she does not show any signs of weakness or frailness. However the fact that she has to be unsexed to go through with the murder of Duncan suggests that she is not all evil and would not be able to commit this murder without the help of evil spirits...
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How Fiend Like Is Lady Macbeth Shakespeare reflects the beliefs of his age. People believed in a natural hierarchy in the 17th century often called the ‘great chain of being’. This says that God is at the top, angels beneath God, beneath angels there are humans, men above women...	5 / 1128
task-Explain what act 1 scene 7 tells us about the character of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. What is troubling Macbeth at the beginning of the scene and how does Lady Macbeth persuade him to go through with the murder of Duncan? Before this scene, we are told that the king Duncan hears good news about the Norway battle. On the way home from battle Macbeth and his best friend Banquo meet three witches who tell Macbeth that he will become king and will also become Thane of Cawdor but they also tell Macbeth he will not have an heir and that Banquo's son Fleance will become Macbeth's successor...	2 / 473
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Macbeth Is A Butcher And Lady Macbeth Is A Fiend-like Queen In the beginning of the play, Macbeth can be described as being loyal, courageous and noble. He is liked, trusted and respected by everyone around him...	5 / 1329
Macbeth And Lady Macbeth's Guilt Macbeth is a very exciting story containing all kinds of plots and murders. The characters that are killing and are planning murders are all very deceiving and treacherous...	2 / 418
Lady MacBeth Lady Macbeth is respected by Macbeth, and the rest of the kingdom. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." She is very loving to her husband, this is shown by her ambition for Macbeth to be king...	2 / 447
Macbeth - Lady Macbeth Is Worse Than Macbeth When Macbeth first hears the prophecies, and when the first 2/3 of it comes true, he does think of killing the king, but also, towards the end of Act 1, Scene 3, he thinks that perhaps he doesn't need to do anything to become the king : "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir...	2 / 429