After reading a brief summary and seeing clips on YouTube, a got afraid when I saw the witches at a

She was the character that finally convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan in his own castle, proclaiming “O, never shall sun that morrow see!” (1.6.71-72). She encouraged such betraying behavior as a reaction to Macbeth’s letter about being predicted as the next king of Scotland. Eager to become queen, Lady Macbeth completely disregarded the inner politics of Scotland, her and Macbeth’s morals, the sacred Great Chain of Being, and the Divine Right of Kings. She continues to violate the Chain as she reverses gender roles with Macbeth, verbally abusing him as only a man was allowed to do to a woman (so it was believed then). She consistently degrades Macbeth by calling him a woman, comparing his explanations to “a woman’s story at a winter’s fire, authorized by her grandma” (3.4.78-79). The common belief in 17th century England was that women were far below men on the social ranking scale, so Lady Macbeth’s numerous insults are completely out of line. Eventually she is punished for her interruption in the Great Chain of Being as she becomes insane from guilt. At last, the murder of Duncan comes back to haunt her, causing her to imagine blood on her hands and cry “Out, damned, spot, out, I say!” (5.1.37). In the end, all of her past actions catch up with her and she commits suicide as she wrestles with the burning question, “What, will these hands ne’er be clean?” (5.1.45). Shakespeare justly writes in her demise as she is

      Lady Macbeth has seen Macbeth's weakness, his lack of manliness.  She is too afraid to commit the murder of Duncan, and must assure Macbeth that it is his duty.  She accomplished this goal by making fun of him and arousing his jealousy instincts.

In Shakespare’s play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s destiny is formed by her own actions through mind and free-will. In act I, Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder Duncan, even though Macbeth was strongly against it. Lady Macbeth is very successful at persuading him to go against his better judgment. She entirely changes the stereotype of women being kind and caring in the first act. After Macbeth writes home telling of his murderous plans, Lady Macbeth begins talking to evil spirits. Because women often lack the ruthlessness to kill someone, Lady Macbeth asks the 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 symbolizes Lady Macbeth’s evilness. She is ruthless, because of her evil accounts for the murders that occur throughout the play. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to commit murders that will make them king

Macbeth is confused as he is arguing with himself on what he should do. He states reasons not to kill Duncan, because Macbeth is his noble kinsmen and the act would bring dishonor. However, he also states reason why he should kill him, because Macbeth will then become king and fulfill the witches ' fortune. Lady Macbeth, who appears in the beginning as the driving force for the murder of King Duncan, also develops internal conflict. At first, Lady Macbeth seems to be a woman of extreme confidence and will. But, as situations become more and more unstable in the play, guilt develops inside her. For instance, she exclaims; "Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. / Look not so pale. I tell you again, Banquo 's / Burried; he cannot come out on 's grave" (Shakespeare V, ii, 65-67). Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and frets about her evil wrongdoings because she is extremely guilty of her influence on Macbeth to commit the murder. Lady Macbeth reacts emotionally and dwells on her actions as guilt eats at her soul.

Lady Macbeth appears evil, but this is proof of her devotion and drive to assist Macbeth rise to the throne. Macbeth is doubtful about their plan to kill King Duncan; however, Lady Macbeth bombards him with comments that question his courage. She goes as far as telling him his love his worth nothing if he refuses, which proves her to be dominant and controlling using his own weakness against him. His love for her. The fact that she belittles his confidence, insults his abilities, and questions his manhood & ambitions showing how manipulative she can be, but also wise because it worked in her favour. She said to him “Screw your courage to the sticking place” (1.7.60). Because Lady Macbeth manages to drive Macbeth to Duncan’s death, this shows viewers that Lady Macbeths own ambition is the real driving force behind most of Macbeth’s actions, because of his strong dedicated love for her.

Lady Macbeth has the power over her husband to persuade him into doing anything she requests. She manipulates Macbeth with incredible efficiency by overruling all of his thoughts and changing his perspective on the present. Even though the many tasks that need to be completed are difficult to understand why they need to be done, Lady Macbeth will always convince Macbeth to do it. Her husband often tells her that she has a “masculine soul” which is obvious due to her murderous and envious actions. When the time came to kill king Duncan, Macbeth believes that his wife has gone insane and tells her that the crime they were about to commit was a horrible idea. As a result of his questioning, Lady Macbeth says that executing the crime will show his loyalty to her. On the night of the assassination Lady Macbeth watched the guards of the castle become drunk and unaware of what was going on. Lady Macbeth sent her husband into the castle to kill King Duncan. The married couple fled the scene leaving the guards covered in the evidence. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are stained with the blood of their victims and the feeling of guilt in their stomach.

of the situation and to show that she now has the upper hand in their

Lady Macbeth is a powerful, manipulative character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. She lacks humanity and is ambitious for her husband to become king and for lady Macbeth to become queen. However, lady Macbeth fails to withstand her own ruthlessness as she becomes mentally deranged and takes her own life. Lady Macbeth is ambitious and prays to the spirits to deprive her of feminine instinct to care, 'unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the topful of direst cruelty'.

Lady Macbeth is shown as a villainous character through a number of elements, which portray her true inner, evil, through her inhumane conscience, lack of compassion for her victims, her deceptiveness and her manipulation. When she finds out the prophecies given to Macbeth to become king, she immediately acts to create a plan to murder the innocent and respected King Duncan of Scotland. ‘Unsex me here’: Lady Macbeth is referring to her feminine nature and she is trying to say “Take away my feminine nature and take away my feelings so I feel no regret to helping kill King Duncan!" ; In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth insults Macbeth by questioning his manliness; "When you durst do it, then you were a man”.

Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. She is Macbeth’s wife and her role is significant in his rise and fall from supremacy. When we first meet her she is already plotting King Duncan’s murder. Lady Macbeth has a more intense thirst for power than her husband. She is stronger and far more ambitious than Macbeth; she is fully aware of this and knows that she will need to push him into committing murder. At one point she wishes she were not a women so she could do it herself; she doesn’t want to be gentle, soft, sweet-tempered – qualities stereotypically associated with being a woman. During Shakespearean times women were regarded as being insufficient and weak and weren’t thought to be as intelligent

Macbeth had the misfortune to find himself a pawn in her schemes to gain sad power. “Lady Macbeth’s status as one of Shakespeare’s most devious and fascinating characters” (Thomas 81), is supported by the manipulation of her husband and her role in Duncan’s murder. Her famous “Unsex Me” speech supports Lady Macbeth’s position even further, as she admits her desire to be as ruthless and devious as men to both her husband and the audience/reader. This look at the inner workings of her mind helps explain why her deception of and disregard for Macbeth seems to come off as second nature to her - because it was something that has crossed her mind time and time again and not been dismissed or forgotten, but nurtured into something despicable and

In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s character develops greatly throughout the play. In the opening of the play she is illustrated as a dominant, devious woman who does not have to think second about conspiring to execute the King of Scotland. Nonetheless after the dirty deed is completed, Lady Macbeth breaks down at the end of the play. She endures a nervous breakdown and commits suicide, which displays how she went from a powerful woman to a remorseful maniac.

Power and greed nurture an all-consuming and unrelenting desire to succeed, resulting in otherwise socially unacceptable behavior. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth’s implacable desire to garner the crown results in an alteration of traditional gender roles and a progression of socially uncommon actions by women. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth does not adhere to the gender stereotypes in Shakespeare’s shortest and most violent play (Samuel, “Macbeth and Issues…”). In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is portrayed as ambitious, deciding to kill King Duncan herself after Macbeth shows hesitation to gain the crown. In order to garner the courage to kill King Duncan, Lady Macbeth surrenders herself from her inherent femininity, instead fostering her inner masculinity. However, she is also deceptive and presents a feminine mien to prevent anyone from thinking that she is guilty of murder. By fostering her inner manhood Lady Macbeth has a large influence on others and her suggestions and encouragements have long lasting effects. Additionally, Hecate and the weird sisters warnings challenge Macbeth’s manhood, resulting in him refusing to listen to their warning. Lady Macbeth’s masculinity contributes to the significant impact of her commands. Lady Macbeth and Macduff’s wife use their power and influence to challenge the manhood of others and further incite action in the way they desire, these impacts oftentimes extending beyond their deaths. However, Lady Macbeth is ultimately unable

Lady Macbeth grows angry when Macbeth will not listen to her, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She goes on to critique him and questions him of his manhood. Males come off as crueler than women when everybody at the dinner party gets drunk, and Lady Macbeth becomes more and more confident about killing Duncan. “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold” (Act 2 Scene 2). Lady Macbeth fears that she does not possess the same cruelty as men and she praises, “unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe topful of direst cruelty” (Act 1 Scene 5). She eventually attempts to kill Duncan but claims she cannot do so because she says he looks too much like her own father. “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t” (Act 2 Scene 2).

In the play, Lady Macbeth who is the other main character of the play changes dramatically after Macbeth from evil to good-in other words to miserable- . She is really wants Macbeth to be a king and does her best to change his decision. She starts to manipulate Macbeth to kill the king, she not only manipulates him, moreover she makes all the plans about the murder of Duncan herself in every detail, and also prepare the daggers for Macbeth in advance, which shows her equanimity. She is so calm and strong that she acts as a welcome hostess when Duncan arrives at the castle. By controlling every details, she accomplishes her purpose perfectly and never hesitates to kill