Question

excerpt 1: read the excerpt from act 1, scene 5 of the tragedy of macbeth. lady macbeth has just read macbeths letter about the witches prophecy and his promotion to thane of cawdor. lady macbeth. come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between the effect and it! come to my womans breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, wherever in your sightless substances you wait on natures mischief! come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, how does shakespeare most develop the universal themes \the relationship between violence and human nature\ and \the consuming power of guilt\ in these excerpts? through the comparison of lady macbeths resolve and macbeths uncertainty through each characters appeal to the supernatural through the contrast between macbeths disloyalty and duncans trustworthiness through the conflict between macbeth and lady macbeth

Explanation:

In the excerpt, Lady Macbeth shows strong resolve. She calls on spirits to make her cruel and remove remorse. Macbeth, on the other hand, is often shown as more uncertain in the play. This comparison between Lady Macbeth's firmness (related to violence as she is ready for cruel deeds) and Macbeth's uncertainty (which can be linked to guilt as he may feel conflicted about actions) helps develop the themes. The other options are less relevant. The contrast between Macbeth and Duncan is not in these excerpts. The conflict between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is not shown here. And the appeal to supernatural is not the main way the themes are developed as much as the comparison of their states (resolve vs uncertainty).

Answer:

Through the comparison of Lady Macbeth's resolve and Macbeth's uncertainty.