... supernatural soliciting' of the three witches, and he falls victim to his wife's coaxing, showing he is more than a brutal murderer. In fact, Lady Macbeth's ultimate demise is also an indication that she is more than purely a 'fiend', a woman driven to desperate measures in a society that privileges ... of the play are far more than Malcolm conceives, and the utter desolation they cause is the evidence of this. Despite these facts, Macbeth and his wife cannot rationalise their heinous deeds with any sense of logic. Ominously, Shakespeare opens the play in 'thunder and lightning...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate