The Character of Lady Macbeth by William Shakespeare
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The Character of Lady Macbeth by William Shakespeare
We are introduced to the character of Lady Macbeth in Act.1 scene 5,
after she reads the letter from Macbeth, and from the start you can
see that she is going to be evil. (Act.1 scene.5), " Yet do I fear thy
nature, It is too full o'th' milk of human kindness". You can see
already she is determined to do something about this problem, of
Macbeth being to kind and innocent to kill another person for him
self. "Hie thee hither….pour my spirits". So she can get him home and
change him into the man that could kill the king, by manipulating him,
"in thine ear". And changing his mind into being more like hers, more
ruthless, "The illness should attend it", more ambitious and
convictions. "Shalt be, What thou art promised". Here this is spoken
with power.
"Thou wouldst be great". At this point she is more determined and
motivated then him.
I can almost see that, if she were a man, that she could kill the king
without any remorse and guilt. "Unsex me here…Stop…remorse". And she
would be able to do it without showing any pity for the king. "That no
compunctions …Th' effect and it". And so no barriers should come
between her and her fulfilment of Macbeth becoming king, which shows
she loves him very much.
Throughout this scene I can see Lady Macbeth psyching herself up.
(Act.1 scene.5), "Come you spirits", so the evil spirits could take
over her.
"Come to my woman's beasts, And take my milk for gall". And so she
could be filled with rage and malice.
"Come thick night". So she can cover up her tracks in the night when
she goes to kill the king. And all this preparation of killing King
Duncan happens before she even meets Macbeth.
Once they do get together, she is still as evil-minded as before and
now becomes even more sinister and manipulative. (Act.1 scene.5), "My
dearest love, Duncan comes here tonight".
In this essay, the author
- Opines that they see that she is going to be evil. (act.1 scene.5).
- Opines that if she were a man, she could kill the king.
- Opines that they would be able to do it without showing any pity for the king.
- Opines that he should do and say all the right things to make him feel welcomed.
- Analyzes how she says that when they had just spoken, they were a man.
- Explains that if she had sworn to kill the king to him then, she would have done so.
- Opines that even when it comes to the murder scene, she is not as strong as she was.
- Opines that she is not as evil as she made out to be at the start.
- Opines that after she finds out that macbeth has killed him, there is a lot of summary:
- Opines that he will go mad if this takes over him. "these deeds must be done."
- Narrates how he could never get rid of the blood on his hands.
- Analyzes how she tells him when she gets some blood on her hands.
- Opines that she still has time to stay calm and think of what to do.
- Explains that she was the one who thought of how and when to kill king duncan.
- Analyzes how the way she said it to macbeth made him think that she was really loyal to him and so he changed his mind to killing the woman.
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- Analyzes the character of macbeth in william shakespeare's play.
- Opines that if the murderer wasn't being led by his wife, motive or not, he would have been murdered.
- Analyzes how macbeth still has a conscience at this stage because he is very hesitant about killing the king but his weak nature over comes him.
- Opines that as soon as there is a time and place, he is all for it.
- Analyzes how the macbeth hears the bell that signals the end of act 2 scene 1.
- Opines that macbeth regrets killing king duncan, but that doesn't stop him killing innocent people to maintain his reign over the people of scotland.
- Narrates how banquo decides to kill him when he thinks that his plan is on.
- Opines that lady macbeth fainted when she found out that she had killed the guards.
- Explains that macbeth falls deeper and deeper into an evil spiral with each new vision. this is from the witches' first prediction of macbeth being king.
- Analyzes how at the end of act 4 scene 1 the actor explains what he is going to do.
- Analyzes how macbeth's growing character deteriorates from a noble man who graciously served the king, to violent and evil character.
- Analyzes how macbeth shows some good towards the end of the play when his wife has died and the battle is drawing closer. he wishes for a normal life but recognises that he has denied himself.
- Narrates how wood rejects the idea of macduff coming to dunsinane, and fights on until he realises that the man wasn't born in a natural birth.
- Narrates how he realizes that it is useless and fights on only to be defeated.
- Analyzes how macbeth is strong, brave, noble, loyal, and fights for the king without mercy, but the character we get to know doesn't reflect these qualities.
- Analyzes how macbeth's curiosity is aroused by the witches' prophecies as he thinks about becoming king of scotland. his superstitious nature corrupts his character.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how macbeth tells the story of the journey of a commander who seeks to become king.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reveals her ambitious, status-seeking nature when she receives a letter from her husband.
- Analyzes how macbeth reveals deep mental turmoil and alterations in his personality. killing king duncan leaves him in a moral quandary where he struggles to accept credit for committing regicide.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth expresses concern about her husband because of his senseless bloody rampage.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth and her husband change personalities and character traits in shakespeare's play.
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that for you to hear what i can speak the repetition in a woman's ear would help.
- Opines that it is wrong to say, “...peace. i dare do all that may become a man.
- Analyzes how she informs him that his face is too easy to read.
- Opines that she was calling him a coward.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the character of macbeth in william shakespeare's play, which encompasses witchcraft, crime and punishment, evil temptations, guilt, remorse, and greed for power.
- Analyzes how james assumed the throne when queen elizabeth died in 1603. macbeth's vision of the line of kings implies that the stuart dynasty will continue to rule indefinitely.
- Explains that the role of women in society was significantly low and they were much less powerful than men, who held all public and political votes. the women's sphere of legitimate power was located in the home.
- Analyzes how women assumed control outside the domestic sphere during shakespeare's time. lady macbeth is presented as an evil and cruel woman yet at some points, she is portrayed as pitiful and pathetic.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's view of her husband is weak, cowardly and timid. he is too kind and caring to commit evil but does not lack ambition.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's "macbeth" focuses on the changing character and his increasing greed for power, which causes the character to deteriorate from a man with nobility and good intentions.
- Analyzes how the audience decides whether macbeth is influenced by witches' prophecies, the manipulating of his wife, or his own ambition.
- Analyzes how shakespeare introduces the witches and the elizabethans believed strongly in the supernatural, and associated the devil with this.
- Analyzes how macbeth and banquo meet the witches and tell him that he will have two changes of title.
- Analyzes how macbeth receives this information with disbelief, reminding the witches that he is already thane of glamis and unaware at this point of their prophecies are wrong.
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses soliloquies to reveal a character's inner thoughts, hidden feelings, and utmost intentions in "macbeth."
- Analyzes how the above quote is part of macbeth's speech, which is said in soliloquy. it implies that he already has plans of evil towards duncan who is obviously the obstacle preventing him from taking the throne
- Analyzes how lady macbeth possesses ‘fiend like’ qualities right from her first appearance in the play even though she is not yet ‘queen.
- Analyzes how the woman condemns 'the milk of human kindness' in her husband and is the driving force towards the murder of duncan and the denying of her womanly nature.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth thinks that her husband is too good a man to be able to become king. she seizes the opportunity to plan his murder.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is convinced that her plans to kill duncan will work, but he still has doubts and is hesitant over the situation.
- Analyzes how macbeth and lady macbeth carry out the murder together as 'cruel ministers' and cover up by making it seem like it was one of the king's guards who killed him.
- Analyzes how macbeth's first impressions on the audience are heroic, brave, and loyal, but these qualities disintegrate as the play progresses. the murder of duncan is the initial sign of greed for power in
- Analyzes how macbeth downplays the importance of their meeting with the witches', but banquo warns him about the evil that could come of the prophecy.
- Analyzes how macbeth feels guilty about the murder and his inner feelings are shown through this phantasm.
- Analyzes how macbeth sees his ghost, which only he can see, after banquo's murder at their first banquet as king and queen.
- Analyzes how macbeth portrays himself as a ‘butcher’ and ‘cruel minister’. he orders his murderers to murder macduff’s family for his disloyalty.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reappears in act 5 as a weak, guilt-ridden woman, broken down from her former confident self.
- Analyzes how macbeth's tortured imagination is recalling memories from the past that she cast from her mind. she is afraid of the very things she summoned previously.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth imitates his words concerning his bloodstained hands and how all of the oceans could never wash them clean.
- Analyzes how she recalls conversations with macbeth consoling him from banquo s ghost. she repeats the phrase "to bed" five times, though her sleep is tormented and so will never sleep peacefully again.
- Analyzes how macbeth repeats what she has said to her but is also reassuring herself in her madness. psychoanalytical audiences would say that the source of this change is due to repression of feelings, memories or trauma.
- Analyzes how lady macduff possesses typical female attributes and is a mother figure.
- Analyzes how the woman represents all the good people murdered by macbeth. she loves her family and is distressed at her husband's departure.
- Analyzes how macbeth's second encounter with the witches confirms that he will have no invasion.
- Analyzes how the third apparition informs macbeth that he will rule scotland ‘’until great birnam wood to high dunsinane hill shall come against him’’.
- Analyzes how the witches' prophecies have made macbeth more steadfast in his actions. he is prepared to fight macduff because he knows that no man born of woman can kill him.
- Analyzes how shakespeare added short scenes to create dramatic tension while everyone was preparing for battle. macbeth is victorious at the start of the battle by killing lord siward, but macduff was less successful.
- Analyzes how the witches' prophecies seemed impossible, but macduff was not a man ‘’of woman born’’, so he murders macbeth.
- Analyzes how macbeth's ambition conspires with unholy forces to commit evil deeds, which generate fear, guilt, and even more horrible crimes.
- Analyzes how macbeth is a 'butcher' when he murders duncan, the present king on the commands of his wife.
- Analyzes how macbeth is the source of power in the murder of duncan. in her sleepwalking scene, she utters her remorse and talks about her blood stained hands.
- Analyzes how macduff's flight to england was a threat to his position according to the witches' prophecy that no man of woman born could harm him. macbeth was responsible for many crimes and how power hungry he was.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth becomes weak, haunted, and guilt-ridden by her actions throughout the play. by studying her character we can look at how her strength deteriorates gradually.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reads a letter informing her of the three witches and their predictions. her biggest worry is that she is too soft-hearted to kill duncan.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth conjures up the powers of the evil spirit world to strengthen her.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth, in act 2 scene 2, has completed her deed in the murder of duncan and waits impatiently for her to return. she appears strong and resolute but that is only a result of the alcohol.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth shows a human side to her personality. she would have killed duncan if he hadn't resembled her father.
- Compares lady macbeth's strength and weakness to that of her weak counterpart.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is sleepwalking and talking about the murders in act 5 scene 1. she tries to wash imagined blood from her hands, "what, will these hands ne’er be clean?"
- Analyzes how macbeth's words about the murders of duncan, banquo, and lady macduff.
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- Analyzes how macbeth's true side fades as his act slips.
- States that they know their own degrees, sit down: at first / last,/ the hearty.
- Opines that macbeth was set in a different time period.
- Narrates how they keep a servant fee'd in their house.
- Analyzes how the scene is evident at the start and the end.
- Opines that the worst means are used for their own good.
- Analyzes how he is ranting, and it is evident by his way of speaking.
- Analyzes how the song "we are family" adds to the theme.
- Analyzes how head up high trying to show that he is in charge.
- Analyzes how he shouts and sounds out of breath and is even a ghost.
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- Analyzes how shakespeare introduces the main character, lady macbeth, through the eyes of the one who knows him best, his wife. she shows that ambition can lead to violence.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reads her husband's letter about becoming the thane of cawdor and glamis, and plots the death of the king.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is confident that they will not be suspected for the murder of the king, and she assures him that if they do everything right he will become king.
- Narrates how macbeth decides to kill macduff, the one who flees the country to get an army together to overthrow him. his ambition turned into violence just as his wife's.
- Analyzes lady macbeth's ambition to have position and power led her to convince her husband to kill the king. she acted almost emotionless by saying that water would clean them from their deed.
- Narrates how lady macbeth was caught sleepwalking by a gentlewoman, who called the doctor to investigate what was happening. the doctor knew that she was saying things that god only knew.
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- Opines that macbeth is not heir to the old king.
- Narrates how as she is thinking duncan has to die, she gets the word that duncan is dead.
- Explains that she knows that if she shows him how much she wants him to be, he will be happy.
- Opines that they don't want to be a woman and to fill her with cruelty.
- Opines that the king is the one who tells her husband what needs to be done and when.
- Analyzes how she changes what she thinks is for the good of the man.
- Opines that the man wants to be filled with women and not be a woman.
- Analyzes how she discusses duncan's fate and tells him to leave it to duncan.
- Narrates how duncan is happy to be in the company of duncan when he arrives at the castle.
- Analyzes how it takes him a while to persuade him that he realises the fact.
- Opines that he isn't big enough to fill the role.
- Opines that she would do for him, and even goes as far as to say that.
- Explains that she has persuaded him to commit the act of sin by line.
- Analyzes how the boys are plotting at this part of the scene.
- Analyzes how at the end of the scene, he is adamant about destroying them.
- Opines that the three witches would have set the start of the play if they hadn't made it.
- Explains that killing is one of his talents, as this is how he became the thane of the universe.
- Analyzes how she helps him plan how it's going to happen down to the very last detail. in this scene we se a lot of imagery with
- Analyzes how the scene shows how adamant he is about his wife.
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- Opines that it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attract people to come and see it.
- Narrates how one of the witches said how she saw what they had been doing.
- Opines that there is no doubt by the end of the play he has so fully embraced evil.
- Opines that macduff should fear him and that he cannot be harmed by one born of a
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- Opines that macbeth is a character of powerful contradictions. he is evil and all-powerful. his violent acts and his criminal activities are the result of his ambition to be king of scotland.
- Analyzes how macbeth encounters his first group of manipulators, witches, who prophesize that he will one day be king of scotland and that the descendents of banquo will become kings.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth has to goad him into killing the king.
- Analyzes how macbeth's character changes due to the manipulation of others, and the craving for power and control consumes him.
- Analyzes how macbeth kills macduff's family to maintain control and power, despite the witchesnew prophecies, since he cannot get at him directly.
- Analyzes how macbeth's moral sense has disappeared. his reaction to lady macbeth’s death is a sign of despair — all feeling is dead in him.
- Analyzes how macbeth's ambitions are now stronger than hisconscience. the witches have tempted andcontrolled him with the idea of becoming king.
- Analyzes how macbeth learns to lie and kill in order to keep what he has taken.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's play macbeth is a study of manipulation, control,and power. it shows how individuals can control the mind and actions of others.
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