Considering the evidence from the play I believe that Lady Macbeth had the qualities of a fiend-like Queen until the death of Duncan.

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Macbeth

In the final act of play Malcolm states that Lady Macbeth is a “fiend like” Queen.  Considering the evidence from the play I believe that Lady Macbeth had the qualities of a “fiend-like” Queen until the death of Duncan.  At this point she begun to show guilt and felt disconnected from everyone around her.  If Lady Macbeth was truly “fiend-like” she would not feel any remorse, so therefore I maintain that she is not a “fiend-like” Queen.

              We first met Lady Macbeth in Act1, Scene 5 in a room in her castle.  At this point Lady Macbeth is a woman who is full of love for her husband.  She wants her husband to be great and wants him to succeed in life. Once she reads the letter from her husband and learns about the three witches and their predictions we see a drastic change in her personality.         Some critics say that that at the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth was like a fourth witch.  We see her lust for power.  This is the first time in the play we see one of her “fiend-like” qualities.  After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, a messenger calls and tells her the news that the king Duncan is coming to night.  When she hears this news she quickly devises a plan to kill Duncan.  She asks the spirits to,

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“Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty: make thick my blood stop all access and passage to remorse.”

She asks the spirits to this as it is such an awful deed one that any normal woman could not commit.  In the time of the Lady Macbeth it was believed that the kings were selected by god and killing a king was like committing a crime against God himself.  Killing a king was regicide.  This was why the deed was so dreadful and evil.

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