Lady Macbeth
It has been said that behind every good man there is a good woman supporting him. In the play Macbeth, the tragic hero Macbeth, is encouraged, supported and guided by his wife Lady Macbeth, but not out of love. Lady Macbeth is in fact a very ambitious character in this play. Indeed she is the driving force behind Macbeth and his evil doings. Lady Macbeth is in search of power and control. Her relationship with Macbeth, her actions throughout the play and her personality all clearly revealed her to be a woman motivated by ambition, not love. Lady Macbeth's attitude portrays a very demanding character. Her very sneaky and intelligent character is also a good combination for being very manipulative, and her snake like personality that could get away with almost anything she does, including, helping out with the murder of Duncan. Her demanding character seemed to have Macbeth completely under her power. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth get along very well and nothing seemed wrong. They do not hide anything from each other. The reader can clearly see this from the letter that Macbeth writes to his wife in Act I, Scene 5. He tells
Lady Macbeth's relationship towards Macbeth has changed dramatically through the play. Lady Macbeth on the other hand, is still trying to keep Macbeth together by telling him it is all right and not to worry about what has just happened, "you do unbend you noble strength, to think so brainsickly of things. 68-70) morning of the death, when the guards were being questioned, Macbeth almost broke down and confessed. She had lost all sense of being and was depressed. She calls him the king to be, "greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! Thy letters have transported me beyond this ignorant present, and I feel now the future in the instant" (Macbeth 1. She really did not want them to find out it was them who committed the murder. Lady Macbeth has proven that she is a very manipulative and sneaky person, and that she can easily get him to do what she pleases. When lady Macbeth was nervous and trying to cover up for Macbeth at the banquet, she did a decent job. Lady Macbeth was quick and smart to cover it up.
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