lady macbeth
Throughout the play "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth's character drastically changes from being sinister to feeble. Lady Macbeth was an evil, manipulative person whose greed and selfishness were eventually the downfall of her character and well being. During the beginning of "Macbeth", she used her twisted mind to convince her husband to murder, making him believe that it was the only way he could get what he wanted. But as the play developed and the murders started to increase, Lady Macbeth started to question whether or not they were necessary. Sadly, though possibly justifiably, she ended up committing suicide after her constant questioning of the murders drove her to insanity. Lady Macbeth was an unemotional person who only cared about what she could gain. She made her disconcern about other people well known when she said, "How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me / I would, while it was smiling in my face / Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums / And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you / Have done to this." (Act I, Scene VII, Lines 55-60). Lady Macbeth refers that she would have no problem taking the life of her son, if it meant getting what she wanted. The fact that she would
She said many statements that brought together her feelings about the deaths Macbeth and herself were involved in. "Out, damned spot! Out I say! One: two: / why, then 'tis time to do 't. Hell is murky...Yet who would have thought the old man / to have so much blood in him?" (Act V, Scene I, Lines 36-41). Lady Macbeth imagined that the blood of King Duncan was on her hands, and she couldn't wash it from them. Her guilty conscience finally surfaced, making her feel ashamed and remorseful. "Here's the smell of the blood still. All the / perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." (Act V, Scene I, Lines 51-52). Lady Macbeth realized that even though she didn't kill King Duncan herself, her hands still carried the spilled blood from him. Being able to manipulate her husband's mind and the minds of others was another one of Lady Macbeth's baneful traits. After Macbeth killed King Duncan, still reeling from the crime he had committed, he met up with his wife. Once again, she used her manipulative ways to make him think that she felt just as bad as he did. She said, "My hands are of your color, but I shame / To wear a heart so white." (Act II, Scene II, Lines 63-64). Lady Macbeth appeared to her husband as if she felt just as guilty about the act of violence as he
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