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In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth shows us that she is supportive to Macbeth. When deliberating the plans surrounding King Duncan's murder she says to Macbeth 'Leave all the rest to me (I.vi, 85)' Lady Macbeth also regards her husband as 'too full o'th'milk of human kindness (I.v, 17).' She is claiming that her husband is very kind and a worthy gentleman. However, once she hears that the three witches foresee that her husband will become King, she gets crazy ideas in her head and becomes power hungry. Macbeth even uses affectionate words to Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the play, 'my dearest love (I.vi, 67).' Macbeth's feelings almost get in the way of the murder, because he does not want to go through with it, but Lady Macbeth manipulates him to do so. Lady Macbeth knows that her husband's kindness makes him weak and susceptible to guilt that could prevent the murder of King Duncan. In the first two acts of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth appears to be more ruthless than Macbeth.Lady Macbeth begins to manipulate Macbeth and challenges his feelings of guilt and pity for King Duncan and replaces them with malicious and spiteful feelings: 'look like th'innocent flower, but be the serpent
Lady Macbeth could care less of her husband's mental state after the murder and is glad that she is the queen. ' This quote reveals that he knows that if he wants to be King he has to complete the plan and kill King Duncan. ' She pretends to faint making it seem as if she is shocked by this murder. Macbeth is also still trying to come to terms with his relentless remorse because it is his wife who planned the murder and wishes for him to be king, not himself. / That summons thee to heaven or to hell (II. As the play goes on Lady Macbeth has her husband wrapped around her finger, having him do whatever she pleases. Lady Macbeth now instructs Macbeth on how he should act, encouraging him to be deceitful to King Duncan, his loyal and trusting leader. This quote reveals that he too is afraid of what could happen if anyone were to find out what really happened to King DuncanIn the first two acts of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth appears to be more ruthless that Macbeth. Macbeth however is also a good liar, 'O, yet I do repent me of my fury, / That I did kill them (II. His soliloquy in scene one of act 2 shows the reader that he is having trouble contemplating why he must do this. Macbeth becomes so absorbed in his mixed feelings about the murder that he has trouble speaking to his wife about what they had planned and what he had done.
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