How Does The Relationship Between Macbeth And Lady Macbeth Change Throughout The Play

In Act 2 Scene 2 Lady Macbeth gets everything ready for the murder. Macbeth then kills Duncan and then goes to Lady Macbeth worried, confused and scared. They talk to each other about the murder and what to do next. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth treat each other at the start of the play fine, but as they get into the play they fall further and further apart because of stress of killing so many people and having to keep so many secrets. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are honest with each other at the start of the play but later on they start to stop this.

Act 3 Scene 2 we see how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are troubled with confusion on what they should do with all the deaths and secrets they are holding. They are no longer confiding in each other their evil deed has begun to divide them. Macbeth decides to kill Banquo whom he is suspicious of. Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth to be happy and joyful among his guests tonight and get over his fears and thoughts. Pay particular attention to Banguo, praise and flatter him and make him feel important, both with what they say and how you look at him. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth seem to be happy here talking to each other but worse is to happen. Lady Macbeth knows that they aren’t safe from him and they have to wash their honour in the steam of flattering, disguising our real feelings with welcoming faces. Lady is hinting that Banguo might well meet a sudden death and it is remarkable that Macbeth doesn’t tell her of his plan in so many words but talks as if he expected Banguo to be present at the banquet. Macbeth makes this point about praising and honouring Banquet so that no one gets suspicious about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth doesn’t tell Lady Macbeth about his plan to kill Banguo. This shows that they aren’t confiding in each other. Macbeth has also changed a fair but since the start of the play Macbeth is killing more and more people  as they get suspicious about him.

Act 3 Scene 4 in this scene we see Macbeth at his weakest but also Lady Macbeth at her strongest Lady Macbeth covers up for Macbeth. Macbeth sees Banguo’s ghost and Lady Macbeth does not know this. Banguo sits in the seat that he was supposed to sit in. Macbeth is the only one who can see Banguo’s ghost and starts to go weird with it. Lady Macbeth covers up for him saying that he is not well and tells the guest to sit down. Macbeth talks to the ghost a lot and gives things away that people should not know. Everyone is troubled at why Macbeth is talking and stirring into space. Lady Macbeth stands up for Macbeth a lot in this scene but they are still keeping secrets from each other. This shows that Lady Macbeth is at a strong  point in the play as she can stand up for Macbeth as Macbeth is at his weakest and can’t hold secrets and realise that it Is a  ghost.

Act 5 Scene 1 This is a horrific scene in which we see the last of Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth can’t hold and stand up for her husband’s mistakes. She now has nightmares and is giving away secrets. He evil deeds are coming against her now and she can’t take it. Lady Macbeth is dreaming about the murder of Duncan, slaughter of Macduff and family. Macbeth’s wild behaviour and the death of Banguo, but most of all she is trying to wash the blood from her hands after the first murder. Lady Macbeth say’s “ My hands are of colour and a little water clears us of this deed” All this is happening because Lady Macbeth cant get it all this trouble of her chest. Lady Macbeth kills her self in the end because of terrible nightmares. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth just had to talk to each other. she probably couldn’t talk to Macbeth because he was just as bad and was at a weak point in his life.

Act 5 Scene 5. After Macbeths first ordered with Lady Macbeths a messenger comes in shaken and scared because of what happended the last messenger tells Macbeth that the wood is moving. Macbeth doesn’t know what to do, Stay or runaway. Macbeth eventually stays and Macduff brings peace to Scotland, With Macduff becoming King and Macbeth back down to normal with all the murders of his chest as they all found out.

Declan Noble 11M