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" I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. "
Macbeth. King John. King Richard II.-v. 2. King Henry IV. King Henry V.-v. 3 ... - Page 23
by William Shakespeare - 1807
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The Representation of Gender in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'Antony and ...

Verena Schörkhuber - 2007 - 37 pages
...Macbeth works on Macbeth's image of himself as man and tries to abash him with her own resolution: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love...his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this. (1.7.54-59) Lady Macbeth's understanding of masculinity is terribly...
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Abysmal: A Critique of Cartographic Reason

Gunnar Olsson - 2010 - 569 pages
...sticking-place and show her that he is as determined to carry out their plan as she is. In her own words, I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love...his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (1.7.54-59) Not surprising that three acts, much gall and many...
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Much Ado about Will, Or, Shakespeare for Dummies: A Celebration of the Words ...

Robert Johanson - 2007 - 186 pages
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Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays

Joan Fitzpatrick - 2007 - 188 pages
...courage necessary to commit acts of violence. This contrasts with Lady Macbeth' s single-mindedness: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love...me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done...
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Shakespeare's Marlowe: The Influence of Christopher Marlowe on Shakespeare's ...

Robert A. Logan - 2007 - 276 pages
...murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief. (I, v, 39-49) I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love...me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you [Macbeth]...
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Shakespeare's Macbeth Small Cast

Sam Dowling - 2007 - 90 pages
...and yet you would make both They have made themselves and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck and know How tender 'tis to love the...milks me I would while it was smiling in my face Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out had I so sworn As you have done...
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Poor Women in Shakespeare

Fiona McNeill - 2007 - 20 pages
...order, patrilineal rule, and household economy. Lady Macbeth declares near the beginning of the play, "I have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love...me; I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gum, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare

Emma Smith - 2007 - 6 pages
...Lady Macbeth 's startling image designed to strengthen her husband's resolve to kill King Duncan: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love...me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done...
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The Quotable Bitch: Women Who Tell It Like It Really Is

339 pages
...Shakespeare Lady Macbeth: l have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: l would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd...his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had l so sworn as you Have done to this. —Macbeth, William Shakespeare Lady Macbeth: Look like the innocent...
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Dictionary of Shakespearean Quotations - Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 2008 - 432 pages
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