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Dynamic Character Of Lady Macbeth

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In Macbeth by Shakespeare, there is a woman, who no one could ever imagine, to plot the death of King Duncan. At the beginning of the play, she is exceptionally ambitious and hungry for power; she is an outright heartless creature while appearing to be extremely sensitive and fragile. This power-hungry woman is Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s demand for power occurs after she converses with her husband about the witches’ prophecies. To fulfill the witches’ prophecy, she pushes Macbeth to kill King Duncan so that she and Macbeth could have the throne. Lady Macbeth uses intimidation throughout the play to get what she gets wants. This dynamic character, Lady Macbeth, gives this Shakespearean tragedy a different view on women. Lady Macbeth illustrates that women can and will have a dominant role in society. To juggle her ambitions and desires, her personae drastically shifts. William Shakespeare characterizes Lady Macbeth as persuasive, evil, and guilty. …show more content…

Lady Macbeth believes that to kill Duncan would then lead Macbeth can take his place on the throne. She first approaches him through persuasion, so she starts play to Macbeth's insecurities. She is continually pushes Macbeth into leading him to carry out their plot. When Lady Macbeth comes into the play in Act 1 scene 5, she reads the letter from Macbeth. Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth's heart “is too full o’ the’ milk of human kindness.”. She realizes that Macbeth is "not without desire, but rather without the ailment ought to go to it". Lady Macbeth feels that intimidation is the solution to push Macbeth to fulfill the destiny that they have been

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