... spirits to make her male. One of the most vivid descriptions of Lady Macbeth's wickedness is directly after Macbeth announces to her he does not want to kill Duncan.This speech epitomizes Lady Macbeth's evilness. She is ruthless, and her evil accounts for the murders that occur throughout the play Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is far more savage and ambitious than her husband, yet she convinces ... Macbeth to commit the murders that will make them king and queen. Macbeth is without his wife's cruel and uncompassionate attitude towards life ... and inspiration are very strong, but when opportun...

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... act 1:6 and 7, Macbeth is battling with his conscience and is very confused. He does not want to kill his king because he is afraid of what may happen to him as a consequence. "If th" assassination could trammel up the consequence" At the beginning of 1:7 he talks to himself and considers the points for ... no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition which o"erleaps itself and falls on th" other - Enter Lady Macbeth" Lady Macbeth sways Macbeth's troubled state of mind into comitting the murder by insulting his masculinity and blackmailing him with her love. "What be...

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... or is that she just wants to please her husband by giving him what he ultimately wants? There are many passages in the play to suggest that it was Lady Macbeth's own ambition to become queen. For example, why does she push Macbeth to murder Duncan when he realises that the only justification of the murder is his own ambition? When Lady ... of knowledge of his spouse, he is unable to prevent her from persuading him. Now that the murder is agreed to take place, Lady Macbeth makes sure everything is set up for the murder. On the surface it would appear that Macbeth was responsible for the ...

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... does may have thought of it, that there is too much "milk of kindness- in her husband for him to be able to go through with this act of treachery. This shows that Lady Macbeth is perhaps more perceptive than her husband, and thinks her plans through very carefully, and maybe even deviously ... completely evil. Surely, if she can love someone like she loves her husband for a large part of the play, and now we learn she loves her father, she cannot be the embodiment of evil. In act two, scene three, Lady Macbeth's actions are greatly disputed. When she is told, along with the other ... war...

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... shows just how determined she is and how much ambition she has for her husband. It is this confidence in herself plus the persuasiveness on her words that makes Macbeth act on her words without hesitating. After performing the necessary acts in preparation for the murder of Duncan she thinks of performing the act herself but shows a sign of humanity and doesn't because it resembles ... "My father as he slept". After the muder has been done Lady Macbeth shows just how strong a person she really is ... by using kind words and confidence to clam Macbeth down and prevent him going insane ....

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... relying on his wife to obtain the leadership role and help him decide what he should do. Also, another clue which might show that Macbeth is looking for support from Lady Macbeth is that he says "They have more in them than mortal knowledge" (talking about the witches), which suggests that he may be a ... stereotypes and having few of the qualities of what a queen would usually resemble. From observing how eager and determined she became on achieving her ambition - for Macbeth to become King - it appears that she Is not at all disturbed by her conscience, in fact, the only thing on her mi...

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... , they believed that witches could raise evil spirits by concocting a brew from disgusting ingredients. This is shown in the first scene of Act 4 where the witches are making a "hell-broth" to conjure up apparitions for Macbeth. They include repulsive ingredients such as, "Liver of blaspheming Jew," "Nose of Turk," and "Tongue of dog." The fact that they call it a "hell-broth" reflects the ... of inferiority to Banquo lead him to arrange for the murder of Banquo and his son, Fleance. It is also shown that the witches" prophecy concerning Banquo's sons, and having Banquo around him is a c...

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... thoroughly irreligiously cold and ambitious, but this is not so. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th' access and passage to remorse" in order to be relentless. Apparently, her conscience would otherwise not allow her to act. Nonetheless, when Macbeth does as little as question her plan, she attacks him, telling him ... no steps against his former partner in battle. One reason for this is that he too is ambitious. If the prophecy has come true for Macbeth, he reasons, then perhaps it will too for him and he will father a line of kings. His ...

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... allows the audience to see her true character straight away revealing her cruel and cold nature. She is determined to persuade Macbeth to act on the supernatural prophecies knowing his nature "Is too full o'th'milk of human kindness- and any sympathy the audience may have is directed towards ... Macbeth rather than his wife. She, too, is intensely ambitious, and cannot bear to even mention the kingship directly only saying "Glamis ... go insane. To both an Elizabethan audience and a modern audience, insomnia is a sign of great distress and anxiety and so we would feel concerned for Lad...

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... , stop up th" access and passage to remorse. She does this because she is not capable of the evil and disregard required to act upon her plans as she is. This speech could be seen as Lady Macbeth trying to think herself evil, she resents the tenderness that her sex forces upon her. She is going against her better nature and intuition ... . This has made her capable of deceit for she is gracious towards Duncan by saying to him; "All or service, In every point twice done, and then done double, Where poor, and single, and single business, to contend ... against her feminine nature through t...

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