Consequently Lady Macbeth is represented as a deceitful, unnatural woman whose weakness is portrayed through her inability to resist the temptation of the evil spirits of darkness. ... Lady Macbeth is represented as a fiend; re-enforcing her involvement in the dark world. The evil which she displays in convincing her husband to murder the king would have been seen as extremely unnatural and sinister. ... Lady Macbeth's ever-increasing madness is associated with her growing involvement in the unnatural world and is fitting with the construction of the disease which is associated with e...

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Through persuasion and criticism she was able to manipulate her husband thereby suggesting elements of evil and sinister-like qualities in Lady Macbeth. ... This draws the reader's interest and creates a feeling of the oncoming evil that seems inevitable. ... "The language suggests that her womanhood, represented by breasts and milk, which are usually symbols of a nurturer, prevents her from performing acts of violence and cruelty, which she associates with manliness. "[2] This also reinforces the link between gender and violence. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate