Lady Macbeth

Macbeth may be the main character, but Lady Macbeth seems to hold the most influence. In the beginning of the play it is obvious Lady Macbeth is stronger than her husband and acts much more ruthless. The play begins with Macbeth getting a prophecy about becoming king. There is only one problem, King Duncan. Lady Macbeth decides she wants Macbeth to become King right away so she urges her husband to kill Duncan and seize the crown. This moves makes it obvious she is the one after power and is…

Macbeth is a love tragedy written by William Shakespeare. This play is the second most known, play behind Romeo and Juliet. The setting of this story is in Scotland. Macbeth is a traitor to everyone. He is a traitor to himself, and to his country. He and his wife become evil. Macbeth and his wife kill the King. The Three witches tell Macbeth and his wife their fortune and Macbeth goes on another killing spree to get what he wanted. This book is based on evil ambitions. Love played a key role…

Macbeth As the main character in the story, Macbeth is the character that has the strongest ambition. This story began with Macbeth’s ambition and ended with Macbeth’s ambition. The ambition of being the king made him murdered lots of people and made him to be a cruelly man. “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to the sedge o’th’ sword, his wife, his babes, and and all unfortunate souls.” (4.2.150~153) what Macbeth says is that he will kill all the people that in…

Is Lady Macbeth evil? Lady Macbeth evil? Or not evil? In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare the character, Lady Macbeth is completely evil. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to kill King Duncan, for her and Macbeth to become King and Queen. Throughout the text, there are moments where she is very evil, and very manipulative. For example, Lady Macbeth says, “Do mock their charge with snores. I have drugged their possets, that death and nature do contend about them whether they live or…

Lady Macbeth is a brilliant mastermind who has no heart as she is wicked from inside and mentally stronger than her husband Macbeth. As she uses persuasion to ensure her future in a highly beautiful castle in scottish grounds with her husband king Macbeth as the prophecies foretold that Macbeth will become king once duncan is remove from the scottish throne. So Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth to do whatever means necessary to size the crown even if murdering Duncan to ensure their future. But…

goes insane and constructs killing spree. To some, MacBeth would be the only fascinating character, given the play was named after him. MacBeth is such a peculiar yet tragic play for me to narrow down to a single most intriguing character. I believe Lady MacBeth, MacDuff, and Malcolm are as equally interesting as MacBeth in Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is easily considered an interesting character. Beginning with her malevolent comment when MacBeth began to show hesitation, “I have given suck, and…

only did she give up on her humanity, but Lady Macbeth also told the spirits to “unsex [her]” or to strip her of her feminine qualities and, instead, have her portrayed as a masculine figure (1.5.40). Lady Macbeth is introduced as ambitious and is filled with determination. After Duncan is freshly murdered, Lady Macbeth begins to lose her composure after her iron grip on Macbeth is loosened. Although becoming king and queen was their dream, Lady Macbeth is not happy and lacks piece of mind:…

choices they have. No one can truly make someone do anything, as they ultimately are the one that does it. Macbeth is no exception. Lady Macbeth played her part in the murder of King Duncan by coercing and cajoling Macbeth into seeking fame and glory. However, Macbeth was the person that actually murdered the guy. Lady Macbeth has fault for coercing Macbeth into making such a leap. Macbeth wasn’t necessarily decided on murdering King Duncan or not for a while all the way until he actually did…

The quote was written in the context of Lady Macbeth having a soliloquy about her husband Macbeth after she reads the letter that he sent her. In the letter, Macbeth writes about the witches and the prophecies they spoke on account of his future. The first two parts of the prophecy have been fulfilled seeing as how Macbeth now thane of Cawdor and Glamis but the last prophecy of him being king wasn't achieved yet. And so Lady Macbeth wants to hurry and have it carried out as soon as possible. She…

Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth took part in killing Duncan, King of Scotland. Both of the characters were responsible in some way. Macbeth is to blame because he is the one who took Duncan’s life. However, Lady Macbeth is the one to be more responsible than Macbeth for the murder of King Duncan. She managed to “decipher” Macbeth’s ambitions through his letter and came up with the plot of murdering Duncan. Also, if it wasn’t for the looks of Duncan whom resembles Lady Macbeth’s father, Lady…