... she planned the perfect murder. She wants to be crowned just as much as Macbeth, but she didn't have the courage to stab the king. Once the king arrives at Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth does what she told her husband to do. This also shows Lady Macbeth's intelligence, for example, when Macbeth thinks further about killing the King, he decides that he has too many reasons ... to murder the king. Ambition is also Lady Macbeth's only reason for wanting to become queen. At the time when Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that there is a change of plans, she uses a very smart tactic in trying to pu...

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... , this turns out to be a very important question. Throughout the play, the figure of who is in control is frequently blurred, as Macbeth and his lady's ambitions trade places multiple times. This shows many distinctive traits about the couple. At first look, you would think that ... their marriage, as they trade positions frequently. Lady Macbeth obviously has control of Macbeth in the beginning of the play, encouraging Macbeth to kill Duncan. It is quite probable that Macbeth would not have killed the king if not for Lady Macbeth's persuasive words. She says to Macbeth in Act 2, Scene 2...

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... to push him to get things done. The second event takes place on page 345 and that they can not hide the evil intent. Before Macbeth could kill Duncan they had to act " away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth know." (I, VII, 81-82) This ... to push her husband as far as he can go in order for them to get their own kingdom. The fourth even shows a similarity between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The similarity is that they are both losing their minds as the murders continue. Macbeth is haunted by the murders he has committed. After having Banqu...

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... certain about his plans, however, and the last scene of the first act in Shakespeare's famous tragedy: "Macbeth" shows the great doubt in Macbeth's mind about murdering his king, his close relation and his guest. The scene, that brings the long opening act to a close, is a scene of great importance in the play for many reasons. Firstly, one of the reasons that the scene is ... so important is that it establishes the doubt and therefore good conscience and sense of morality of the main character, Macbeth: it shows he knows right from wrong. Despite the ... deep desires, resolves that he...

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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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... goes through many changes in their lifetime. Not everyone, however, goes through such extreme life altering changes as the king's best general Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, in William Shakespeare's play. This concept is first evident in the first act of the play when the witches say, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air" (pg ... . 1). This suggests that some of the characters" lives were about to be changed by flipping their moral situations and standards. The witches" prophecy of moral transformation affects the character of Macbeth the most. His m...

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... think Shakespeare might want the audience to react to Lady Macbeth in this scene? In act 5 scene 1 Lady Macbeth enters the play for the first time for several acts. In the last act we see her, Shakespeare leads the audience to think badly of her. But after this scene people may begin to feel sorry for Lady Macbeth. To understand why the audience may feel this way towards ... who does care and is worried about getting brought to justice. Even though Lady Macbeth was not the person to kill Duncan she would still get the same punishment as Macbeth. Until act 5 scene 1 Macbeth has been torm...

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... a degree of urgency in her tone, and are an early indication of the evil persona she is starting to adopt. The latter can be compared to a metaphor for venom, illustrating Lady Macbeth's intentions to fill Macbeth's mind with the deepest raw cruelty that she is persistent in making herself possess, through expression. Her fear of his kind nature shows he has the ambition ... toe top-full Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, Stop the access and passage to remorse," The beginning of this quotation shows that Lady Macbeth feels she needs external help, as she cannot perform this notorio...

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... art promised they nature is too full o'th" milk of human kindness." (Iv, Ln 15-17). This exemplifies Lady Macbeth's doubts of Macbeth. Over time his lust for power throws him into a tailspin of destructive emotions and actions. Once he learns of the witches prophesy he becomes an ... remorse and it relives what she told Macbeth to get him through this guilt and she shows how it makes not difference what is said, it is about the guilt of the act. In all, she was devious in her lust for power and showed little compassion. Due to ... the fact that she was an introvert with her guilt, it d...

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... " and preys upon Duncan's naivete as the serpent. Once Duncan is murdered and done with, Macbeth seems to take a turn for the worse at his coronation banquet. Lady Macbeth immediately tries to cover for Macbeth, but his vivid hallucinations are too much. Eventually, she pulls him aside and yet again questions ... her descent into madness and despair is irreversible. Through these four scenes, a gradual change in Lady Macbeth occurs from malevolent cruelty to sorrow and despair. We first see Lady Macbeth in act I, scene 5 reading Macbeth's letter. Immediately she says that her husband is t...

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... method Shakespeare uses is imagery to emphasize the theme of guilt consumes people. Right after Macbeth killed Duncan (the king of Scotland) he said, "Methought I heard a voice cry "sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!"" (26) Cleary Macbeth is distraught. His guilt is interfering with his sense of hearing. The fact that he ... Banquo in his mind. A final example of imagery can be seen through this next quote. All of the murders have really taken a toll on Lady Macbeth. In Act 5 she is sleep walking and revealing secrets about the murders. In this quote she says, "Yet who would hav...

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... thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, which was not so before . . . It is bloody business, which now inform thus to mine eye." (Act 2, Scene 2 pg.54- 58 line 59 - 60) Blood represents killing. The symbol of blood also represents the dark side of Macbeth and death. Shakespeare most likely put this in to foreshadow murder and death. Another example in Shakespeare ... which, Macduff replies, "I have no words, my voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out."(Act 5 Scene 8, line 8-10). He is saying that his actions with his sword will do his speaking for him and ...

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... her personality easily. In these scenes Duncan calls her "fair and noble hostess" where as the scene before Lady Macbeth has been plotting to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth next appears in Act 2 Scene 3 when Macbeth enters with two "bloody daggers" after killing King Duncan, suddenly for a second but I noticed it on the video she got sacred which was showed when she spoke in short sentences ... then suddenly Lady Macbeth is in charge again "give me the daggers" imposing if your scared I"ll do it. Then in ... faint which I"m not sure of and the video didn't tell me that either. When we next ...

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... she speaks in. All of these portray a different aspect of Lady Macbeth's character in Act 1 Scene 5. This is the scene in which she receives a letter from Macbeth about the murder of Duncan; she is scared of what she is going to do so she asks for the spirits help to get her through it. Through - out the ... play Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an evil character. " the babe that milks me - ... . The fact that half of her face is light suggests she has a more sensitive side to her. In the play in Act 1 Scene 5, her weaknesses are shown by her asking the spirits for help with the murder of ...

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... inability to judge other character causes Othello to downfall and to go down in every thing in his life that he has worked hard for to earn it. Othello's jealousy and misjudgments breaks Othello and Desdemona's marriage apart, which ruins an otherwise perfect love affair with Desdemona, ... name. Othello's judgment was easily manipulated by the talks of Iago can be also applied to Macbeth, the relationship being shared between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth was another tragedy; Lady Macbeth was continuously on Macbeth's back to commit all these random acts of murder, to replace King Duncan's...

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