Lady Macbeth is among Shakespeare’s most powerful female characters. Which lines in this excerpt from Macbeth show that she is a
n opportunist? 1. That made you break this enterprise to me?
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
2.Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.
3.But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep,
4.What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His spongy officers; who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?
What cannot you and I perform upon<span>
The
unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
His
spongy officers; who shall bear the guilt
Of our
great quell?</span>
<span>She tells her husband that Duncan is now there
for us to kill. She adds that we pin the
blame on the officers to get us off the hook.</span>