Lady Macbeth's Letter

Lady Macbeth’s strength of will persists through the murder of King Duncan as it is she who tries to calm Macbeth after committing the crime by declaring confidently that, “a little water clears us of this deed,” (2.2.67). Afterward, however, Lady Macbeth’s strong and ambitious character begins to deteriorate into madness. Her first sign of weakness occurred when she confessed that she could not have killed the king, revealing a natural woman’s feelings, “had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t” (2.2.13-14). Just as ambition has affected her before more so then Macbeth before the crime, the guilt plagues her now more effectively afterward as she desperately tried to wash away the invisible blood from her sin, “Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfume of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” (5.1.48-49). Lady Macbeth’s

She thinks Macbeth is a coward, she feels Macbeth can’t do anything just like a baby. “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt”(2.2 line 52-57). Lady Macbeth just wants power, she doesn’t care about killing other people at all, she’s cold-hearted and crazy, she would do anything to get power. However, after she feels like she’ll lose all of her power, she goes crazy. ”Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” (5.1 line 49-50). When she thinks about losing her power, she went crazy, she’s afraid of losing her power and afraid of what would happen to her, she made her own

I’m here to tell you about you king Macbeth. The one you all trust to lead you. He is the most deranged and manipulative person you will ever meet. Why would you trust him to lead you but, you do trust him don’t you he is your heaven almighty isn’t he the one you count on to lead you. Why would you want someone that is going to kill you if you try to suspect him of anything as your king. I need you people to see what i see this demon of a madman with no remorse.

For one thing when Lady Macbeth hears of her husband’s newly gained title of Thane of Cawdor, and the witches’ prophecy, her immediate thoughts are of murdering the King. The witches said that it was fate that would bring Macbeth the throne, so the fact that Lady Macbeth displays early signs of dark ambitions so quickly is quite startling and conveys her lust for power. At one point Lady Macbeth states:

Although the age old question of whether or not this particual girl power was good or underlyingly evil has yet to be answered, the mystery will be unraveled within this essay. Whilst reading or watching the play readers quickly learn that Lady Macbeth is the strongest influenece in Macbeth's life. Readers get the idea that if Lady Macbeth told Macbeth to jump, he would reply with how high?.

Immediately, after reading Macbeth’s letter, Lady Macbeth’s malevolence urges her to plot the murder for the king. She decides to encourage Macbeth and calls for evil spirits to aid her brutal plans, “Come, you spirits… you murd’ring ministers… You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night”. Her talk about defeminising herself and making her the superior amongst the couple, “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”, suggests Macbeth is weak and powerless in her presence. She implicates her husband of not being physically impotent but soft hearted and sentimental. She confronts him of this and warns him of his manliness and cowardice. She uses these various, manipulative strategies (challenging his manhood, being more aggressive, and defeminising

In William Shakespeareś play, Macbeth, a medieval king must decide on whether or not to commit a villainy act in order to obtain a considerable amount of power of being the King of Cawdor. However, Macbeth is not the only individual who has a say in this endeavor. His wife, Lady Macbeth, also has a strong influence and persuasive ability that allows her to manipulate Macbethś brain. Lady Macbethś dominating and self-serving personality enabled her to strive for her goal for unspeakable power. The words in which Lady Macbeth uses for her argument demonstrates her character of a conniving, power hungry individual who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goal.

Upon this realization, Lady Macbeth indicates a newfound desire to be rid of her feminine qualities, seeking instead to replace them with masculine counterparts. Crying out, Lady Macbeth declares, “Come, you spirits. That tend on mortal thought! Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty” (1. 5. 38-41). Her abstinence towards the limitations of gender thus set her down the road to madness.

You fates boast your ability to command the path of a person’s life, prideful of the claim you have unwavering demand over one’s singular destiny, but how can this be true when you have no authority over an individual in which route they choose to embark upon towards their destination? An ending outcome might be determined by you Μοῖραι, but only after the individual in question determines which branch they should climb upon.

This is your dearest partner in crime, Lady MacBeth. Think of all the riches we will gain once we kill the king. Since you’ve already received honours from the king, nobody will ever suspect it was us. Especially not after we intoxicate the guards and cover them in Duncan’s blood after this beautiful murder we commit. You even said, “After we have marked with blood those two sleeping guards, and used their own daggers for the crime, everyone will think they did it. (18)” With the foul “king” finally out of our way, we can rule. You will be king, and I shall be your queen. Together, we can rule Scotland. We will be invincible. But, why must you be such a coward? What about your hopes for the future? Have your hopes been sleeping,

This is demonstrated when Lady Macbeth states ‘He that’s coming, must be provided for; and you shall put this night’s great business into my dispatch, which shall to all our nights and days to come give solely sovereign sway and masterdom’. This language shows how dominant and over powering Lady Macbeth was, unusual for a woman in that era who usually was employed with domestic duties, such as cleaning, cooking and needlework. This dominant characteristic is illustrated further, when Lady Macbeth expressed ‘unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty’. It is additionally shown in ‘Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers.’ Lady Macbeth is so ruthless; she is developing male traits and qualities. Furthermore, she is making a clear reference, and in turn appealing to the evil spirits for assistance in her plot to kill the king.

With the visit to King Duncan, the King announces that his son Malcolm will be heir to the throne. In Macbeth’s mind, all he can think about is murdering the King and all that will come along with it. Macbeth sends a letter to his wife telling of all that has happened and to prepare for the King’s visit. In order to keep the murder in her mind she doesn’t want anything to get in her way, so she even goes to the point of seeking evil and not wanting to be a women-afraid of the feminine ways which will interfere in the murder. When Lady Macbeth says, “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! Make thick my blood; (I v ll. 44-47) it shows how far Lady Macbeth is willing to go to make sure her husband and herself gets to the top. She even goes to the point to call upon the spirits to unsex her and fill her with cruelty to make sure that here feminine ways don’t cause the plan to go wrong.

We can see from the text that lady Macbeth loves Macbeth very much but she is also very controlling to such a point that she will try to convince him to kill the king. We can see that they are both very caring about each other because they are always sending letters to each other like strait after the encounter with the three witches he sends her a letter almost immediately to inform lady Macbeth of what has happened and how he might become king.

husband. She has no power of her own. So her main worry is that the

Moreover, the first time Lady Macbeth appeared to the audiences was when she received the letter from Macbeth. In the letter, Macbeth told her that he had become the Thane of Glaims because he won a war, at the same time, Macbeth told her about the prophecy from the witches. By the time Lady Macbeth finished reading the letter, she was both excited and worried, she claimed, “Glaims thous art, and Cawdor; and shalt be, / what thou art promised” (I.v.11-12). Lady Macbeth restates that her husband now becomes both Thane of Glaims and Cawdor. Later she said, “shalt be, / what thou art promised,” which means that she takes the prophecy seriously and willing to do anything she can to make sure it comes true. Moreover, the word “shall be” reflects