Lady Macbeth By William Shakespeare

Lady Macbeth likes to be seen as ruthless and cruel by everyone, yet we know that she must have feelings if she cannot bring herself to murder King Duncan because he 'resembled my father as he slept. ' This shows that she cannot possibly be as

Evil was a recurring theme throughout the tragedy of Macbeth. Early on, readers learned the evil that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth could carry out as a team. Lady Macbeth was one of the most evil characters in Macbeth; she was filled with ambition, revenge, energy, and a dark evil. All of Lady Macbeth’s

<br>Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the woman, even to an extent the reason of Macbeth's downfall. Had she not encouraged Macbeth to assassinate the king for her ambition to be queen, maybe Macbeth wouldn't have met his downfall.

Lady Macbeth is such a jealous, intelliagent and in particular manipulative individual she will persevere relentlessly to get what she wants, as she is completely fit for accomplishing it.

Lady MacBeth was one of the biggest antagonist through the first half of MacBeth. She was greedy and wanted power more than anything, including her husband’s reservations about murder and getting

Lady Macbeth is not the picture of a perfect woman. She is cunning, dissimulative and ambitious with a solid resolve. She seems to dismiss the stereotypical female qualities in favour of male qualities to better serve her and her ambition. She shows this desire when she calls out “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top full / Of direst cruelty" (I.5.43-46).

Immediately when we meet Lady Macbeth through a dialogue between her husband, Macbeth, we realize that there is a vagueness in gender roles. Macbeth, who was introduced as a violent and valiant man, is hesitant about carrying out a terrible deed, which happens to be murdering the king of Scotland. Whereas women are supposed to be innocent and amicable, Lady Macbeth is shown as a stronger and much more power

Lady Macbeth is one of the most complex characters of all time. Before King Duncan is murdered, she is extremely ambitious; she craves power and is willing to sacrifice anything for it. In pursuit of her goals, she is traitorous, brutal, and audacious. For example, when she receives a letter from Macbeth declaring that it has been predicted that he will become the next King, Lady Macbeth begins to devise a plan of action to make this prediction come true. A part of her agenda is to murder King Duncan; although she is aware of the negative consequences of this action, she wholeheartedly

cruelty. She is seen as controlling over Macbeth by persuading him into all the murderous

Lady Macbeth, as opposed to many of the other characters in the play, has a very clear character and personality. She is unmistakably power-hungry, and she does whatever it takes to seize that power. She manipulates her husband and those around her, all while acting perfectly proper and innocent. She is a truly evil character compared to the rest of the people in the play. However, her wickedness is also her downfall, as she goes crazy in the last act and dies, likely from suicide.

Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When William Shakespeare first introduces her in The Tragedy of Macbeth, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder. Lady Macbeth is clearly seen as the stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious one. She seems to be fully aware of this and she knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing such a gruesome crime. Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband with remarkable effectiveness and ultimately becomes one of the evil forces that drive Macbeth to his demise.

The women in Macbeth, namely Lady Macbeth, contradict these expectations through their commanding, and ambitious tones. During that second half of act one Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the ruling figure in the house. Instead of being a grateful and fulfilling housewife she instead pushes and commands Macbeth to commit assassination. She berates him when he falters and asked if he would rather, “live like a coward in thine own esteem.” (Shakespeare)

Every character in a play, musical, story, or movie has both good and evil characteristics. Lady Macbeth is a character in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Her actions can be shown throughout the play of how evil and good she truly is. She possesses bad traits by being manipulative to get what she wants and good traits such as helping her husband accomplish things, but her actions make her who she is. Lady Macbeth has many evil characteristic traits.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's shortest, and most violent plays. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both display ways that traditional males and females are not mean’t to act. This is made more evident by Macbeth not being able to finish the murder of the king. This is also shown when Lady Macbeth wanted the witches to strip her of all her feminine traits and replace it with manly traits. To add to that she told Macbeth that if she had promised to beat the brains out of a nursing child she would.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth introduces us to the character Lady Macbeth which is by far his most famous and terrifying female character. When Shakespeare’s Macbeth was performed in the early 1600’s the storyline was something familiar, something that was factual during that era rather than fictional. Not taking away from history or a good story, Shakespeare changed a few particular details of the story. Lady Macbeth character is one of the most important key changes we see in this play, not only is she ambitious, cruel, and dishonest but she also goes against the typical role of a woman governed by a patriarchal society. Lady Macbeth also uses her skills to advance her and her husband up the political scale while being a woman. How does Lady Macbeth 's performance differ from an Elizabethan woman? I as reader can conclude that Lady Macbeth differs from the typical Elizabethan woman because she is persuasive and male oriented, cruel, and more determined than her husband. Throughout the play Shakespeare gives a few details to support my claims.