“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it.” (I.v., 2-5). Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, was a woman who strived for a leading role in the kingdom and true power who would have done anything to get it. Lady Macbeth had the intention to kill King Duncan and take away the throne by convincing Macbeth to commit scandalous and shameful crimes in the kingdom. Lady Macbeth was a manipulative woman whom no one can trust. However, her relationship with her husband was much different and also much stronger than the relationship …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is aware of the fact that she is mentally stronger and has more of a desire to gain power than Macbeth. At one point, she wished that she was a man so that she could do it herself. Lady Macbeth has the power over her husband to persuade him into doing anything she requests. She manipulates Macbeth with incredible efficiency by overruling all of his thoughts and changing his perspective on the present. Even though the many tasks that need to be completed are difficult to understand why they need to be done, Lady Macbeth will always convince Macbeth to do it. Her husband often tells her that she has a “masculine soul” which is obvious due to her murderous and envious actions. When the time came to kill king Duncan, Macbeth believes that his wife has gone insane and tells her that the crime they were about to commit was a horrible idea. As a result of his questioning, Lady Macbeth says that executing the crime will show his loyalty to her. On the night of the assassination Lady Macbeth watched the guards of the castle become drunk and unaware of what was going on. Lady Macbeth sent her husband into the castle to kill King Duncan. The married couple fled the scene leaving the guards covered in the evidence. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are stained with the blood of their victims and the feeling of guilt in their stomach. “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two.
Lady Macbeth is a manipulative wife that does not consider anyone’s feelings and that likes to do things herself with no help from others. If Lady Macbeth had not deluded him into doing things he did not want to do, Macbeth would have been completely different. She convinced him to assassinate Duncan, which stained his mind and made him become a tyrant. This also led up to all the other murders hat Macbeth was responsible for. Lady Macbeth also very independent; she
She independently plans the fatal scene and comes up with an idea to conclude it with all blame on the guards. Lady Macbeth has to manipulate her husband just for him to along with the murder. She, therefore is much more sinful than Macbeth. Additionally, Lady Macbeth’s personality is more masculine than Macbeth's as she states, “When you durst do it, then you were a man”(1.7.49) as Macbeth was refusing the act. Macbeth wanted to back out until his wife began to question his virility. She, then continues to bribe him with her persuasions in order to change Macbeth's thoughts on the murder until he agrees. Lady Macbeth plans the death of Duncan by pleasing the guests and to “look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't”(1.5.64-5) so she nor Macbeth seems suspicious. Lady Macbeth is greatly clever in a way in which she is able to ease her way through any dubious visitors. Concluding her actions to be quite vile. Her foul personality causes an execution and felony, although without getting the accusation on herself nor
The tragedy of Macbeth is a story of greed and lust for personal gain that is still seen frequently today, for it is human nature. It’s seen in many instances, such as power-hungry politicians with corrupt practices or even teenagers that bully to gain social status. Lady Macbeth possesses these same qualities throughout the story, and it’s evident from the very start when the fate witches tell their prophecies to the time of Macbeth’s downfall. During all of this, it’s clear that Lady Macbeth is the one behind it all. The reversal of gender roles allows her to control her husband, and she uses this control to force Macbeth to commit the series of murders, which would not have happened without her
Macbeth informs his wife Lady Macbeth of the previous events through a letter. She is ecstatic when realising one of the predictions from the witches has already come true. She sets her mind on obtaining the throne for her husband by any means necessary. Lady Macbeth also has a strong desire for power but can only gain this through her husband. She becomes the driving force behind the wicked deed of murdering the King. She summons upon evil spirits to make sure nothing will stand in the way of her plan:
When Macbeth first learns of his prophecy of becoming King of Scotland, he sends a letter to Lady Macbeth, who immediately thinks of the quickest way to get Macbeth onto the throne. She calls on the dark spirits to help her plan the murder of King Duncan and hopes that the darkness can be in her. She wishes so that she may be able to commit the murder with her husband and be free of the guilt afterwards. Lady Macbeth never doubts these murderous thoughts, showing that she is ambitious and power-hungry. She is also characterized as clever when she persuades Macbeth into committing the murder when he is unsure of doing the deed. Her strong-willed mind is also shown when she takes the daggers from Macbeth, who is too shaken up by what he had done, and she puts them back in Duncan’s chambers. After the murder, Lady Macbeth seems the least guilty of the two, and she can feel as if nothing has happened. Her character starts to change, however, when she feels unhappy in her position as queen. She starts to feel the regrets of killing King Duncan, and she begins to doubt herself. Lady Macbeth soon feels so guilty that she sleepwalks, talking in her sleep about her and her husband’s horrible deeds. This takes away from her powerful characterization in the beginning. Lady Macbeth goes from being a ruthless, dark woman to a guilt-burdened sleepwalker with little
Whilst giving hospitality to the king, Lady Macbeth informs Macbeth to be confident and to act with two different roles as she explains, “Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (I.v.12). From here on, Lady Macbeth’s effective manipulation towards Macbeth causes him to act with split identities which helps him dearly in executing Lady Macbeth’s sinister plan in the killing of King Duncan. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth knows she will not stop pushing in order to take out King Duncan, even if it takes fooling her own husband into thinking no repercussions will come his way after his menacing operation. Even more, Lady Macbeth comforts her husband after he takes into consideration the absolutely horrible things he is and
She eventually convinces her husband to do the horrific act of killing king Duncan in his deep slumber. After rejecting the idea, Lady Macbeth belittles Macbeth: That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man,”(I.VII.17). Lady Macbeth laughs at her husband’s innocence, she tells at him for not wanting to killing their king, but Macbeth soon gives in as ambition starts to get to him too. This is the method in which Lady Macbeth’s manipulative behavior pushes Macbeth into stone cold murder for her selfish
She is always on the side of Macbeth telling him what she thinks he should do. When Macbeth was off at war, and he sent a letter to lady Macbeth that said the witches told him he would receive the title of King of Scotland. Additionally he mentioms how she will become Queen as well, soon after she begins scheming how to fulfill their assured title before he returned home. Once Macbeth arrived, King Duncan decides to visit the Macbeths' palace, he stays as a host. Lady Macbeth mocks his masculinity as she says, "And live a coward in thine own esteem" (I.7 line 47). In order to make him commit the muder. Macbeth murders Duncan, although he wanted to wait and have faith play out without to kill anyone. Macbeth wanted to be loyal but he was also hungry for the crown, it's Lady Macbeth who gets him the crown. Lady Macbeth's hunger is stronger than her
Macbeth, a character in the novel “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare is a brave Scottish general, and powerful man who lacks virtuous. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and place. Both are the key to the majority of murders that took place in Macbeth. In the play there are many evil deeds that Macbeth committed. These include the murders of Duncan and Banquo, Macduff and her son. Starting off he had no trouble killing an old man who was asleep in his bed. In addition, a weakling move is made by Macbeth that he allows his wife to force him to do something that is clearly against his will (killing king Duncan). Using Lady Macbeth to dilute her husband's responsibility only adds shame to his guilt.
Lady Macbeth is just as power hungry as her husband, if not more. Masculinity is extremely fragile and has been since the beginning of time. If a man does not live up to his prominent female’s influence, he is made out to be less of a man. Lady Macbeth uses this tactic to ensure the deed is done to her liking. Some historians place sole blame upon Lady Macbeth for the murder of Duncan. She saw an opportunity in the letter from Macbeth regarding the prophecy and she formulated a plan in order to attain the highest possible status for herself.
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is infamous for her commandeering nature and unapologetic attitude. She serves as the driving force behind her husband, Macbeth’s murdering of King Duncan so that they may obtain the Scottish throne. On the surface, Lady Macbeth holds herself in high regard, and appears to society as a dutiful and subordinate wife to Macbeth. However, behind closed doors she is capable of manipulating him. After King Duncan has been murdered, Lady Macbeth maintains her composure as peers begin to suspect Macbeth of the crime, and impending consequences threaten the well being of the couple.
Her desire to be evil, her challenging spirit, and her obsession with the prophecy are all contributing factors to Macbeth’s destruction and her evil transformation. In her infamous speech, Lady Macbeth begs to put her natural femininity aside so that she can do the bloody deeds necessary to seize the crown. Lady Macbeth’s desire to become evil is evident when she says, “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!”
Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most frightening and strong-willed female characters. It is she, being far more ruthless, mentally stronger, and more determined compared to her indecisive husband, who takes on the masculine role. After reading Macbeth's letter in which he describes meeting the Three witches and learning of their prophecies, Lady Macbeth's grows ambitious. Viewing such opportunity as grace and favour of the fates, Lady Macbeth embraces the idea of killing Duncan. However, Lady Macbeth believes Macbeth “Is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.” Macbeth is too gentle and weak to murder Duncan, an honoured guest, a fellow kinsmen, the king. At one point, Lady Macbeth wishes she were not a woman, and calls upon the murderous sprits to "unsex me here".
Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth after hearing the witches prophecy “great prediction of noble having and of royal hope”. Lady Macbeth sets on her best to achieve her new goal of royalty. The way she does this is by manipulating macbeth into killing the current king, Duncan. She first does this by demoralizing Macbeth by comparing him to a cat. “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor”.”And like
Lady Macbeth is controlling and conniving, where Macbeth is much more blunt and reserved but they both have similar dreams and ambitions of power. Even though their gender roles are different, with Lady Macbeth being more dominant in the relationship and Macbeth being more submissive and inferior towards his wife, it helps them to work together in planning and going through with Duncan's murder. Also, Lady Macbeth often makes fun of her husband for being weak. When making fun of his manhood she says, "What beast was't then that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man. And be to more than what you were, you would be so much more the man."( I, vii, 47-51). In this quote Lady Macbeth teases her husband by using their close-knit and intimate understanding of each other against him. She especially recognizes the flaws and qualities in her husband and tries to fulfill his ambitions and dreams of becoming King. She knows Macbeth will not do anything to achieve his goals so she steps into action by plotting the murder. Even though Macbeth was a brave soldier,he is mentally very weak, This is also much like Lady Macbeth where she is strong on the outside but can be easily broken after tragedies. This shows that the couple can become truly crazy when pushed off the edge with their cruel