... the life of a king of Scotland, who lived from 1005-1057. The tragedy is a penetrating, concentrated and harrowing study of ambition. Both Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, have a driving ambition that turns each of them into a spiral of guilt and evil. No character in any of Shakespeare's plays undergoes such ... lines indicate that she knows that the murder of Duncan will need evil power and evil is not naturally within her. This reveals that Lady Macbeth is not naturally a cold-hearted, relentless person but a woman that knows she has to rid herself of her conscience and her feminin...

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... emphasised. Her words become more rhythmic and what she says seems almost like an incantation. Poetic phrases like: "Hie thee hither,"" begin to appear, giving the audience the impression that Lady Macbeth is using black magic or evil hexes to gain her means. As she goes on, she becomes even more witch-like, using pagan imagery such as a raven and evil spirits ... though her ambition drives her to evil behaviour, her intentions are never completely malicious. In act three, scene two, I believe that it is almost conclusively proven that Lady Macbeth is not pure evil. In this scene, Lady ...

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... consequences of their act and concentrate on securing her place as queen. She looks to the "quickest way" to shorten the pair's path to the throne. Lady Macbeth at this point in the play is quite certainly unaware of what she is getting herself into, having never contemplated anything of this degree before, let alone ... the only thing that must be done, and then the couple will lead a life of luxury. However, the actual deed of the murder is too much for Lady Macbeth to do herself. "Laying the daggers ready" is all she can manage, even though she claims "had he not looked like my father...

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... as said by William Shakespeare, says that when there is something troubling the mind, we ultimately cannot conceal it physically. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to kill the King of Scotland, Duncan, so that they may obtain the crown. She questions her husband's manhood ... of ridding herself of all her femininity. "Single-natured, she is even willing to lose the nature she has in order to accomplish her purpose" (Bloom). Lady Macbeth, in fact, says, "Come to my woman's breast / And take my milk for gall- ( I.v.38 -39). She is so de...

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... his wife that he has " done the deed." Shakespeare then uses stichomythia. Formerly the conversation between the two characters had been long bold speeches; Lady Macbeth and Macbeth now talk in a very staccato way, this is done to keep the audience in suspense. Their conversation has changed to a more ordinary way of ... bring himself to return to the murder scene after arriving with the two bloodstained daggers, the incriminating evidence, and so Lady Macbeth must finish the deed. Throughout the plan of regicide Lady Macbeth has been the leader and so it seems natural that she is to be ...

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... a position with neither support or love, a blatant desertion - a trait that is not masculine, even by modern standards. Even today, suicide is considered a more feminine way out of things. Lady Macbeth, who is more forceful and ruthless than her husband, murders out of lust for power, not so much for his sake as for her own: The essence of her character ... wants to rid herself of the very symbols of womanhood, for example: "Come to my woman's breast and take my milk for gall." It is interesting that in the movie Lady Macbeth was shown calling upon the evil spirits to release her from ...

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... how far she would go to get what she wants. Which is probably why fate and karma hit her hard in the stomach towards the end of the play. "Lady Macbeth, with her aggressiveness and murderous instincts turned to madness, was one of the most difficult of Shakespeare's heroines for the nineteenth century to appropriate." (Shakespeare' s Unruly Women Page 73 ... ) "It is particularly observable that in Lady MacBeth's concentrated, strong nerved ambition, the ruling passion of her mind there is yet a touch of a womanhood: she is ambitious less for herself and for her husband. (http://archive....

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... ability; manipulation, she strives to establish her place of power through the name of love, not knowing that desire can also lead to self destruction. Lady Macbeth has an important role in her husbands decisions. It is obvious that she has compassion and dearly loves and cares for her husband, but it is ... although he wants to become King by any means necessary, he just doesn't have the will it takes to get there by himself. It is Lady Macbeth that sees his weakness and uses that against him. Words are the most powerful weapon one can use against another. Her tongue is her weapon. ....

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... , by doing every thing/ Safe toward your love and honor. (1.4.2-29) Throughout the play Macbeth becomes more independent. Consequently, Lady Macbeth begins to show her true vulnerable nature. Lady Macbeth tries to persuade herself and Macbeth that she is a remorseless being without a single cell of guilt. Shakespeare's graphic and vulgar language for Lady Macbeth would have made the audience appalled and sickened. The ladies of the Elizabethan era ... in my face, Have plucks my nipple from his! boneless gums- (1.7.5-7). She continues to give gruesome detail on how she would have killed t...

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... she wants all her womanly charms taken away so hat she will have no fear in committing murder. From this scene and the next the audience can tell that Lady Macbeth is evil. She is his first ally in the planning of the murder and a strong influence over him. Therefore you can tell that her evil will arise ... whoever may look innocent in the play is not necessarily so and the caring sincere sides of Lady Macbeth and her husband are simply false fronts in the scenes to follow. The last scene of Act 1 is of Lady Macbeth trying to persuade Macbeth to commit the murder. She uses three differen...

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... times that he needs to stop and think about the future ahead. The Weird Sisters were only there to plant the seeds of ambition and Lady Macbeth is the one who waters the ideas to make them become reality at her own risk. The devilish witches know how to play with people's emotions just for the sake ... in the play " Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate/ he should have old turning key " ( II.iii.1-2).The drunk porter compares Macbeth's castle to hell, which is ironic because only Macbeth and Lady Macbeth know about the darkness and sin of King Duncan's death so fa...

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... in darkness, where no one could clearly see. If sunlight were to spring upon him, his identity as the murderer would be revealed. Moreover, Lady Macbeth says, "Come, thick night,/ And pall the in the dunnest of smoke and hell,/ That my keen knife see not the wound it ... so much. Some of these deaths include the deaths of Duncan, the guards and eventually, Macbeth himself. Likewise, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to "Look like th" innocent flower,/ But be the serpent under "t" (1.6 76-77). Lady Macbeth tells her husband portray himself as a friend to Duncan so he will not become suspicious ...

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... towards evil. Even while he is plotting to kill Duncan, he still shows signs of goodness and sanity in him. It took the little nudge he gets from his wife, Lady Macbeth, to finally complete his transformation into an evil man. There are little signs in this play of any man who is somewhere in between the sides of good and evil ... here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood. (1.5.39-42) At this moment it appears that Lady Macbeth also succumbs to evil. During Macbeth's hesitation before the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth attacks his pride ...

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... to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. The line, "She has light by her continually; "tis her command.", symbolizes Lady Macbeth's fear of darkness and or evil. The image of blood also plays an important role in the play. From the first appearance of the bloody Sargent ... this continual vision of blood all through the play. This imagery of blood seems to affect just about every character in the play. It affects Lady Macbeth in the scene in which she is found sleepwalking and talking to herself after the murders of both Duncan and Banquo. "Here's the smell ...

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... to think he is essentially untouchable. With their suspicions rising, Malcolm and Macduff work together to plot against Macbeth forcing his down fall. Meanwhile, Macbeth's mistress – Lady Macbeth has fallen mentally ill and shortly before the confrontation between Macduff and Macbeth, she commits suicide. Macbeth is later defeated, his head lopped off and showcased around Dunsinane while Malcolm is declared King of Scotland. ... a major part in this too. With Shakespeare involving the witches, who is there to argue that Lady Macbeth wasn't a witch herself? She was the one who convince...

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... shows how revenge and deceit amongst different opposing forces leads to senseless and pointless killing. MacDuff and Malcolm then unite against MacBeth and Lady MacBeth, which will not let Macbeth keep his position of power. Revenge killing also plays a role in the death of MacBeth himself. The duel between him and MacDuff is a direct result of MacDuff wanting revenge after the death of his wife ... occupied with images of nets and tangles, signs of traps and deceits that he fears will catch him for what he's done"(Dean 351). Lady Macbeth is seen to be sleepless and sleepwalking as well...

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... his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by ... the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave...

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... , "Moves like a ghost," (II, 2, 55 & 56). This shows just how swiftly and nimble Macbeth must approach Duncan in order to perform the murder, leaving no room for error. Finally, another major device Shakespeare uses is the symbolism of the bell ringing (II, 2, 61), performed by Lady Macbeth. This alerts Macbeth that the guards are fast asleep and that the coast is clear to assassinate ... Duncan. Not only does this bell alert Macbeth but also ushers in a point-of-no-return for him. He can either go ahead with his plan and ... things that others in his shoes would. As we now transfer tow...

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... for him to work his way to the throne, or to murder King Duncan. Murdering the king was an easier plan, since the motivation in his dreams urged him on. Lady Macbeth also relied on the supernatural by her soliloquy of calling upon the evil spirits to give her the power to plot the murder of Duncan without any remorse or conscience ... . As the play progresses, everything that the witches prophesized has become true, with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's intervention. The greedy couple then wanted their heirs to become kings, but Macbeth is worried that Banquo might become King with his heirs r...

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... to most of his other tragic characters, Macbeth evokes a confused sympathy from the reader, which disrupts the continuity of the play. This is because the tragedy of Macbeth's demise is diluted by his own moral degeneracy. The exposition of the play parallels a classical tragedy, but fate, Lady Macbeth and the witches complicate Macbeth's characterisation, resulting in a barrier to audience ... identification. It is Macbeth's character and his morality in conjunction with the play's emphasis on ... fate that cause the dichotomy between Macbeth the tragedy and Macbeth as a morality play...

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... the Witches" prophecy may have seemed to be the reasons for the murder, it was by greatly, the influence Lady Macbeth had on Macbeth that lead him to kill Duncan. Without the ridicule of Lady Macbeth's final words on the evening of the planed murder, Macbeth would have used his better judgment and overlooked the poorly planned assassination, which ended up destroying himself, his family, and ... , with all the victories he won in battle and by calling him a coward she could get him one step closer to doing the deed that became so forsaken to him. Lady Macbeth also knew that her husband's...

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... to her on some previous occasion when "nor time nor place did then adhere, and yet you would make both." This meant that Lady Macbeth was recalling a time that Macbeth revealed his future plans never really put them into action because they never came across such opportunities before. This, in fact, is ... in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?" She made him doubt his manhood because of his fearfulness. Lady Macbeth scoffed, "When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would be so much ... become a man." He finally killed the king beca...

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... instantly became infatuated with what would happen to him. He believed that he could confide in Lady Macbeth, his wife. To speed the process of Macbeth becoming king, Lady Macbeth creatively devised of some way to murder the king. When Lady Macbeth learns that the king will visit her house, she said, "Come, you spirits that ... over come by his emotions and killed his brother, thus the cause for the entire story. In the play Macbeth, ambition was the downfall of two more characters; Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. When the witches had told Macbeth of their prophecies, he instantly thought of m...

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... shows how revenge and deceit amongst different opposing forces leads to senseless and pointless killing. MacDuff and Malcolm then unite against MacBeth and Lady MacBeth, which will not let Macbeth keep his position of power. Revenge killing also plays a role in the death of MacBeth himself. The duel between him and MacDuff is a direct result of MacDuff wanting revenge after the death of his wife ... occupied with images of nets and tangles, signs of traps and deceits that he fears will catch him for what he's done"(Dean 351). Lady Macbeth is seen to be sleepless and sleepwalking as well...

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... this situation in Shakespearean plays; in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Claudius commits his evil acts because of his greed for the throne; in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is so moved by her greed for wealth and power that she forces her husband to commit murder, and in Othello, Moor of Venice, ... and his need for power and authority, Iago Of all of Shakespeare's powerful females, one of the most recognized is Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth. (Kimple, p366) In this play, Lady Macbeth coerces her husband into murdering Duncan, the King of Scotland to satisfy her own lust for power. After Dunca...

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