... she introduces Macbeth and helps the reader to understand his character. At the start of the play she seems to be the more ruthless of the two. When the reader is first introduced to Lady Macbeth she is already planning the death of King Duncan. In order for her to have the courage to do the deed and ask that ... King, then realizing that Macbeth would not go through with the plan unless she pushes him to do it, "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 shoul...

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• Grade Level: High School

... letter. Immediately she says that her husband is too "full of th" milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way," meaning her husband is far too saintly and kind to realize the quickest way (Kill Duncan) to fulfill the second prophecy. This quickly sets up an aggressive ... vivid hallucinations. Lady Macbeth's handling of Macbeth's hallucinations during his coronation banquet can be described as able. Just as before where she had fainted when Duncan was found dead to draw attention away from Macbeth, she continues to make excuses for Macbeth's behavior, ... of the reader. Her final sc...

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