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Inside Look at Lady Macbeth Essay

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Lady Macbeth is a deep and complicated character. She has many inner demons that she never comes to terms with, which inevitably lead to her suicide. She is seen as an evil, conniving woman but she goes so much deeper than that. She has high hopes for herself and uses her husband and his love for her to obtain them. All of the things she wished eventually lead to tragedy though. When Lady Macbeth is first introduced she is reading a letter from her husband, Macbeth. He is telling her about his meeting with the three witches and their three prophecies. The one she is most concerned with is the prophecy that Macbeth will become king. She decides that they must kill King Duncan. She then asks for the strength to commit the murder. “Of …show more content…

Lady Macbeth was supposed to commit the murder of Duncan but she realizes she cannot do it. She says, “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t.” (Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 12-13) Here she shows her first sign of weakness. She also shows that she is not as malicious and cold as she is portrayed earlier in the play. Macbeth ends up committing the murder. He is very traumatized by what he is done. Lady Macbeth urges him to calm down. She knows that they must not think of what they have done or it will eventually drive them mad. During the time that Macbeth is extremely upset he realizes that he forgot to leave the dagger by the guards. Lady Macbeth takes the daggers and lays them beside the guards. She comes back and shows Macbeth her bloody hands and makes a comment about him being a coward. When Macduff discover the king’s death in the morning he tries to hide it from Lady Macbeth. He does not want to startle her with such terrible information. He ends up letting it slip though when he informs Banquo in front of her. She makes a suspicious comment. She says, “Woe, alas. What, in our house?” (Act 2 Scene 3 Lines 82-83), though this comment does not warrant suspicion from no one else. She then faints to keep her lady like form. Lady Macbeth keeps trying to keep Macbeth is check. She is now queen and she wants to keep it that way. She does not want his weaknesses to ruin things for her. She is worried his

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