Read the passage from act 1, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth [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! What does the repeated use of synecdoche in this speech convey? Lady Macbeth's desire to take an action that she knows is wrong Lady Macbeth's identification with her femininity and womanhood Lady Macbeth's reluctance to convince her husband to kill the king Lady Macbeth's feelings of isolation and separation from her husband

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Read the passage from act 1, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth [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! What does the repeated use of synecdoche in this speech convey? Lady Macbeth's desire to take an action that she knows is wrong Lady Macbeth's identification with her femininity and womanhood Lady Macbeth's reluctance to convince her husband to kill the king Lady Macbeth's feelings of isolation and separation from her husband

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The repeated use of synecdoche in Lady Macbeth's speech conveys her desire to eradicate her femininity and womanhood in order to embrace cruelty and lack of remorse, indicating her willingness to take actions she knows are wrong.

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