Macbeth 1.5 Performance: Lady Macbeth, Lines 37b-53a

Lady Macbeth calls upon spirits to remove her femininity and fill her with cruelty, so she can commit murder without remorse. She desires her nurturing milk to be replaced with poison and asks for darkness to conceal her actions from heaven.

What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to do to her?

• Grant her wisdom

• Make her invisible

• Fill her with cruelty

• Give her strength

What does Lady Macbeth want to stop in order to achieve her purpose?

• The king's suspicions

• The servants' gossip

• Her own feelings of remorse

• Her husband's doubts

What does Lady Macbeth mean by 'take my milk for gall'?

• She wants her nurturing nature to be replaced with bitterness

• She wants to be healed

• She wants to be poisoned

• She wants to be nurtured

Why does Lady Macbeth call for a 'thick night'?

• To hide her actions from heaven

• To make it easier to see

• To scare her enemies

• To bring about a storm

What does Lady Macbeth hope the darkness will prevent?

• Her husband from seeing her

• The guards from waking up

• The king from escaping

• Heaven from witnessing her crime