Question

select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

read lines 44-51 from the scene and complete the sentence.

...come, you spirits
(45) 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
(50) shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
the effect and it!

in this excerpt, lady macbeth is asking the spirits to make her choose an answer
options:
ruthless
immortal
sorrowful
ambitious

Explanation:

Analyze Lady Macbeth's request to the spirits

Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to "unsex me here" and fill her "top-full / Of direst cruelty." She wants to "stop up the access and passage to remorse" so that no natural feelings of compassion ("compunctious visitings of nature") shake her "fell purpose" of murdering King Duncan.

Match the textual evidence to the vocabulary options

• ruthless: having or showing no pity or compassion for others. This directly matches her desire to be filled with "direst cruelty" and to block out all "remorse."
• immortal: living forever. Her request is about her moral and emotional state, not physical immortality.
• sorrowful: feeling or showing grief. She is actively trying to avoid feelings of pity or sorrow.
• ambitious: having a strong desire for success. While she is ambitious, this specific passage focuses on her plea to rid herself of feminine compassion and become cold-hearted and cruel to carry out the deed. Thus, "ruthless" is the most precise fit for the blank.

Answer:

In this excerpt, Lady Macbeth is asking the spirits to make her <blank>ruthless</blank>.

• ruthless (Correct answer)
• immortal
• sorrowful
• ambitious