Vol. 08 · Shakespeare ·Macbeth, Act I.v ·Lady Macbeth
"Unsex me!"
Not quite the line.
How it's usually quoted
"Unsex me!"
What Shakespeare actually wrote
"Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here." Lady Macbeth — Macbeth, Act I.v
Why it matters
Out of context the two-word imperative sounds like a transgender anthem; in place, it is a spell summoning demons to strip her of the conscience Elizabethans coded female.
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