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  • What happens to Lady Macbeth in Act 5 of 'Macbeth'?
    • She chooses to take her own life.  ✓
    • She renounces the throne.
    • She is consumed by guilt.  ✓
    • She sleep walks and talks.  ✓
    • She tries to find the witches.
  • In what ways is Lady Macbeth presented as unconventional in 'Macbeth'?
    • She holds power over Macbeth and his decisions.  ✓
    • She dashes her own child's brains out.
    • She rejects her femininity.  ✓
    • She is ambitious.  ✓
    • She is not afraid of murder.  ✓
  • How is the status quo restored at the end of 'Macbeth'?
    • Banquo is crowned King.
    • Macduff is crowned King.
    • Malcolm is crowned King.  ✓
    • The illegitimate monarchs are dead.  ✓
    • Macduff kills Macbeth.  ✓
  • In Act 5, Scene 1 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth is preoccupied with imaginary blood on her hands. What does this preoccupation symbolise?
    • that she is foreshadowed
    • that she killed her own child
    • that she feels guilty  ✓
    • that she didn't clean her hands after the murder
    • that she is no longer clear of mind  ✓
  • In Act 1, Scene 5 of 'Macbeth', Macbeth calls Lady Macbeth his 'dearest partner of greatness'. What might this symbolise?
    • misogyny
    • love  ✓
    • respect  ✓
    • patriarchy
    • equality  ✓
  • In Act 1, Scene 7 of 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth asks 'spirits' to 'take my [breast]milk for ______' thus rejecting ideas of motherhood.
    • 'gall' ✓
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