Lady Macbeth's Emotions

Lady Macbeth Throughout the play of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth has many different emotions. She is very demanding and in control of what she wants people to do. She is very confident in her plans that they will get done. But also, there are times when she may feel weak or scared to do something. She forces Macbeth to go along with the plan to kill Duncan so he can be King and she will be Queen. Lady Macbeth is sure that they will not get caught witheir plans and they will be safe. She is nervous though when it is time to kill Duncan because he looks like her father. Lady Macbeth shows lots of emotions during the play. To begin with, Lady Macbeth is forcing Macbeth to kill Duncan so they can be King and Queen. Macbeth is not sure that he wants

Macbeth asks, “ If we should fail?” (p.15). Then Lady Macbeth gets mad that he asks that because she does not think that the plan will fail and that is a crazy thing to even think about,”But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail” (Lady Macbeth, p.15). Lady Macbeth is sure that everything will be okay and they will be safe. She knows that Macbeth will be king and there is no question about it, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised” (Lady Macbeth, p.11). Lady Macbeth said that Macbeth is promised to be king. Macbeth is thane of Glamis and Cawdor so he is one step closer to being named the king. When Lady Macbeth receives the letter from Macbeth, she is planning a way for him to be king. She has spoken with the witches and she said that they want him to be king and she believed them, “And chastise with the valor of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal” (Lady Macbeth, p.11). Lady Macbeth is going to see what she can do make Macbeth kill Duncan and she is determined to make that

When it was time for her to go kill Duncan she got scared and said that she could not do it because he looked like her father, “Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t”(Lady Macbeth, p.19). Lady Macbeth would have killed Duncan if he did not look like her father. She had Macbeth do it because she was scared. Then when Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were having their dinner party, Macbeth was acting up and saying things about Banquo. Lady Macbeth was just trying to say that he is having hallucinations and this happens all the time since he was little. She was covering for him so they would not get caught by the other people that were eating with them, “Sit down, worthy friends. My husband is often like this, and he has been since he was a child. Please stay seated. This is just a brief fit. In a moment he’ll be well again”(Lady Macbeth, p.38). Lady Macbeth tells the people that it will all be okay if you do not pay attention to him and he will go back to normal. Lady Macbeth has been sleepwalking and saying things that could give away who murdered Duncan. A doctor was called in and wanted to know what was happening. The gentle women is the one who noticed it and she will not tell the doctor what she is saying, “Neither to you nor any one, having no witness to confirm my speech”(Gentle Women, p.60). The gentle women knows what Lady Macbeth is saying and promised that she would not tell anyone. Lady