From the very beginnings of the play, Lady Macbeth is viewed as very controlling, strong, and certain; saying that Macbeth 'Shalt be what thou art promised´. This shows Lady Macbeth´s command, she is ordering Macbeth to become what the witches have foreseen, not questioning whether he will achieve it, or even not try. From the very start therefore we see just how powerful Lady Macbeth is, if she can command her husband to murder the king of Scotland. Her power is also shown in the way she taunts Macbeth, saying he is 'too full of the milk of human kindness´. This shows how cold Lady Macbeth is, as milk is the food of new born children, she is implying Macbeth is too much like a kind child to murder anyone, which is another method used to spur Macbeth on into killing his king. Her coldness and control is again shown when she begins to plot Duncan´s murder with Macbeth, she says he should 'look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it´, more advice for the killing of his king, and 'leave the rest to me´ shows her cool control over the matter. Lady Macbeth also shows a more helpful side, offering help. 'I may pour my spirits in thine ear

In act five, we see Lady Macbeth as a guilty wreck, she is sleepwalking and talking gibberish. She says 'What, will these hands never be clean?´. These words echo her word earlier in the play, when she talks of washing 'their hands of this deed´, she has now realised that the guilt that has overcome her will never leave. The killings have had a profound effect on her, as earlier in the play, she was a cool, calm, controlling wife who could make her proud warrior husband kill at the click of her fingers, whereas now she is overcome with guilt. From this, it is clear that her absence from act four has been time alone, where the ramifications of her actions have been sinking in.

´, which although seemingly providing a contrast to her cold hearted plotting earlier, is in fact another way in which she is convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan, her words are sweet to Macbeth´s ear, but are in fact rooted in evil, and this perhaps shows an 'innocent flower´ side to Lady Macbeth.

In act two, after murdering Duncan, Macbeth says 'This is a sorry sight´, but Lady Macbeth again shows her power over Macbeth. 'A foolish thing to say a sorry sight´. This shows how she is still cold hearted, as she thinks it is 'foolish´ for a man to show remorse at a murder he committed. She orders him to not think 'so deeply´, saying that thinking about the deed 'will make us mad´ and 'unbend your noble strength´. Here we see a slightly weaker side to Lady Macbeth, she is herself feeling vulnerable to guilt, almost immediately after the murder. This is shown in 'will make us mad´. The 'us´ shows that she is no longer only concerned for Macbeth, but is worried about her own mental state too, fretting that she may go mad with guilt. But soon after, Lady Macbeth regains her control, and begins to once more organise affairs, 'go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand´. This implies that Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to get dispose of himself, as she asks him to dispose of 'this filthy witness´, suggesting that Macbeth rid himself of the part of him that was uncertain and stood watching the other side of him murder Duncan. Again this is another massive request from Lady Macbeth, but Macbeth seems to obey anyway, showing her power over him. Macbeth however is 'appalled by every noise´ and 'Wake Duncan with thy knocking´. The fact that he is 'appalled by every noise´ suggests Macbeth is a nervous wreck, and the fact that he wishes Duncan was alive suggests he is racked by guilt, showing how Lady Macbeth is very much still in control of the relationship.

Macbeth however is on the other end of the scale in their relationship, and once he plucks up the courage to tell her he does not want to continue with the murder. But she rallies, calling him a 'coward´, saying that if he could murder Duncan 'he were a man´. This to Macbeth, a proud and mighty warrior is a deep insult, and he soon is convinced that he will carry out the murder. Lady Macbeth´s cold hearted side again shows, saying she would 'dash´ out the brains of her own child because she is so sure Macbeth should kill Duncan. We also see how Lad

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