What Is The Mood Of Macbeth's Soliloquy

This soliloquy is spoken by Lady Macbeth. It takes place after she reads Macbeth’s letter about his encounter with the witches and how he is contemplating murdering Duncan to become king. In this speech, Lady Macbeth begs evil spirits to take away her feminine qualities, such as sensitivity, and “fill [her] from the crown to the toe of direst cruelty.” She wishes to be filled with malice because she wants to help her husband commit murder without feeling remorse. As Shakespeare writes this passage, he creates a dark and eerie mood. To create this mood, he uses two techniques. The first technique is he mentions spooky creatures. This is shown in the first line. In the first line, Shakespeare writes, “the raven himself is hoarse.” The raven

It shows two important qualities of her personality: ambition and confidence. This passage displays her ambition and strong desire to become queen. It shows that she is willing to do whatever is necessary to seize the throne. Lady Macbeth is willing to let evil spirits “make her blood thick,” which would clog her veins and stop the access of blood to her heart, just to become queen. Not only does this passage demonstrate her ambition, but it also shows her confidence in her decisions. In this speech, Lady Macbeth tells the audience that nothing is going to “shake [her] fell purpose” nor prevent her from murdering Duncan. This proves Lady Macbeth is confident about her decision to kill Duncan. Shakespeare includes this passage in the play to allow the audience to acknowledge the difference between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. As mentioned in the past paragraph, Lady Macbeth is very confident about her decision to murder Duncan to become queen. However, Macbeth is not. Macbeth has spent a lot of time contemplating whether murder is the right or wrong thing to do. In fact, it seems like Macbeth never comes to a conclusion. Lady Macbeth somewhat forces him to murder Duncan by calling him a