Macbeth Disturbed Characters

How do Shakespeare and Browning use linguistic and structural devices to present disturbed female characters in Macbeth and The Laboratory?
The Guidelines
Timing
4 hours
Word count
2000
The Plan
The Keywords
The Way out
AOs
Assessment Objective one:
‘Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and use relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations'

Ao2
Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes, and settings’
AO3
'Explain links between texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects’
AO4
‘Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant
to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times’
You should all be aiming for Band 4
Checklist for Band 4
Use of suitable quotes to back up points and embedded into the essay.
Comments and analyses language AND structure in each paragraph with explanations of how this adds to the disturbed character.
Similarities and differences between the two texts identified.

Band 5
To reach Band 5 all of Band 4+ your essay needs to be original and thoughtful. It should sound sophisticated and professional, with a mature understanding of what is means to be 'disturbed' and the contextual implications
Consider why the writers wanted to include disturbed characters in their texts and the message they may have wanted to get across
Our Structure
Point
Example
Analyse
Compare/Contrast
Example
Analyse
Link
PEACE AL
For example...
Introduction
Paragraph on Lady Macbeth
Similarly/On the other hand, in the Laboratory....
Furthermore, in Macbeth...
Alternatively/in the same way, in The Laboratory....

Introduction

Throughout literature, and across the centuries, the presence of disturbed characters in texts illness,' this essay will focus on the characters of Lady Macbeth, from Shakespeare's Scottish play 'Macbeth', and the female voice from Robert Browning's poem 'The Laboratory'. Within both texts, themes of murder, power and remorse are questioned, as the writers present their characters as truly disturbed.have persisted to add interest to stories with comments on the stability of the human mind. Following the dictionary's definition of 'disturbed' as, 'Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional

Paragraph 1 example Point
Primarily, Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a disturbed character through her hunger for power and desire for the death of King Duncan.
Example
This is shown as she begins to obsess over persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan: "Hie thee hither,/ That I may pour my spirits in thine ear". Continuing to comment on the need to lose her female morals in order to carry out the act, as she begs the spirits to, "unsex me
here,"
Analyse and Comment
Shakespeare's use of 'pour my spirits' emphasizes the power balance in the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as the verb 'pour' implies Macbeth's lack of choice but to listen to his wife and her desires.
Furthermore, with the play set in the 11th Century, a time in which we expect females to be complacent, Lady Macbeth's desire to have the power and mentality of a male, with the use of 'unsex', provides an indication of the mental state of the woman Shakespeare has created; she lacks morals and wishes to lose them further in order for her husband to commit murder. As these quotes come from Lay Macbeth's soliloquy, we know that she is talking to herself in order to allow the audience access to her
thoughts.
Whilst this allows the audience access to her mind, it is a personal account of her thoughts and we are yet to find out how Macbeth will respond to his wife's ideas.
Shakespeare's use of 'pour my spirits' emphasizes the power balance in the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as the verb 'pour' implies Macbeth's lack of choice but to listen to his wife and her desires. Furthermore, with the play set in the 11th Century, a time in which we expect females to be complacent, Lady Macbeth's desire to have the power and mentality of a male, with the use of 'unsex', provides an indication of the mental state of the woman Shakespeare has created; she lacks morals and wishes to lose them further in order for her husband to commit murder. As these quotes come from Lay Macbeth's soliloquy, we know that she is talking to herself in order to allow the audience access to her thoughts.
Whilst this allows the audience access to her mind, it is a personal account of her thoughts and we are yet to find out how Macbeth will respond to his wife's ideas.
Compare/Contrast
Similarly, The Laboratory presents us with only one person's point of view.
Introduction
Throughout literature, and across the centuries, the presence of disturbed characters in texts illness,' this essay will focus on the characters of Lady Macbeth, from Shakespeare's Scottish play 'Macbeth', and the female voice from Robert Browning's poem 'The Laboratory'. Within both texts, themes of murder, power and remorse are questioned, as the writers present their characters as truly disturbed.have persisted to add interest to stories with comments on the stability of the human mind. Following the dictionary's definition of 'disturbed' as, 'Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional
Analyse and Comment
Shakespeare's use of 'pour my spirits' emphasizes the power balance in the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as the verb 'pour' implies Macbeth's lack of choice but to listen to his wife and her desires. Furthermore, with the play set in the 11th Century, a time in which we expect females to be complacent, Lady Macbeth's desire to have the power and mentality of a male, with the use of 'unsex', provides an indication of the mental state of the woman Shakespeare has created; she lacks morals and wishes to lose them further in order for her husband to commit murder. As these quotes come from Lay Macbeth's soliloquy, we know that she is talking to herself in order to allow the audience access to her thoughts.
Whilst this allows the audience access to her mind, it is a personal account of her thoughts and we are yet to find out how Macbeth will respond to his wife's ideas.
Discuss
What do we mean by disturbed?
Who are the characters we are focusing on?
Are these themes still relevant today?

Introduction
Throughout literature, and across the centuries, the presence of disturbed characters in texts illness,' this essay will focus on the characters of Lady Macbeth, from Shakespeare's Scottish play 'Macbeth', and the female voice from Robert Browning's poem 'The Laboratory'. Within both texts, themes of murder, power and remorse are questioned, as the writers present their characters as truly disturbed.have persisted to add interest to stories with comments on the stability of the human mind. Following the dictionary's definition of 'disturbed' as, 'Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional
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