Tag: Macbeth

Literature

A Short Analysis of Lady Macbeth’s ‘But Screw Your Courage to the Sticking-Place’ Speech

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Lady Macbeth’s speech beginning ‘We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we’ll not fail’ comes at the end of Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s words come just after she has taunted her husband for his perceived lack of […]

Literature

A Short Analysis of Lady Macbeth’s ‘Was the Hope Drunk Wherein You Dress’d Yourself’ Speech

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Was the hope drunk wherein you dress’d yourself?’ So Lady Macbeth taunts her husband for his loss of resolve, in Act 1 Scene 7 of Shakespeare’s play. The scene, and Lady Macbeth’s exchange with her husband, bring the first act of Macbeth to a […]