Comparing Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene up to Act 5 Scene 1.

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Comparing Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene up to Act 5 Scene 1

We first see Lady Macbeth as a dominating and strong character in Act 1 Scene 5. In Act 1 Scene 7 and up to Act 2 Scene 2 we see Lady Macbeth leading her marriage and being the most dominant of the two.

Lady Macbeth does not act like a typical Elizabethan lady.  They were supposed to obey their husbands, however this was not the case between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth.  Lady Macbeth was the assertive partner who told Macbeth what to do.  We know this because Lady Macbeth forced Macbeth into taking part in Duncan’s murder.

In Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth reads the letter that Macbeth had sent her which describes the meeting of the witches and the visit of King Duncan. After this she realises Macbeths desire to be king but she feels he should obtain a more vigorous streak as she tells him he should become more experienced in deceiving people as they can read his thought to easily in his face. Macbeth wanted to be a loyal king but is wife told him to be the poisonous serpent that lies beneath the innocent flower. In Act 2 Scene 1 when Macbeth is talking to Banquo and says he has not been talking about the witches even though he had new that he had put the ‘false face’ on his wife told him about.  

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I think that Lady Macbeth is much more vicious than he is, we see this especially when she is persuading him to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth realises that her husband will listen to her as she has the power to dictate as his wife because in Macbeths letter he refers to her as ‘dearest and greatest’ so Lady Macbeth uses her position as wife to get Macbeth to do what she wants. She thinks the goodness in Macbeth as a weakness we know this because she says,”he is failed with the musk of human kindness”  

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