Lady Macbeth

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Lady Macbeth is often considered to be Shakespeare’s most famous and evil female character. We see that she is much more ambitious and more ruthless than Macbeth throughout the play. Lady Macbeth is the one that convinces Macbeth that he must commit the murder so that he can become King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth seems to have a very complex personality. She seems to have a good side and an evil, a sort of split personality, though her evil side is much superior. She as well Macbeth feels guilt throughout the play.

When Macbeth is first confronted with the situation to carry out the task of murdering King Duncan, he is very uncertain and begins to hesitate. He says that he’s not afraid of the crime itself, but the consequences that inevitably follow, “If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were done quickly. Lady Macbeth plays a major role in influencing her husband to kill Duncan. She is the person that effectively unleashes Macbeth’s evil side.

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Throughout the play we can see that she has a strong influence on him and is a primary cause for increasing Macbeth’s ambition. However, in no way can Lady Macbeth be seen as the sole influence on Macbeth. Although Macbeth appears to be equal to his wife in terms of levels of evil, he is still an extremely ambitious and powerful character. She helps him throughout the play to get him through various problems.

 In the earlier acts of the play we can see that Lady Macbeth’s words really have a huge effect on Macbeth, which manipulates him ...

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