Essay Topic: At the beginning of the play Macbeth writes to his wife as "my dearest partner in greatness." How does their relationship change during the play?
             Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is a brilliant play. It allows the viewer to glimpse the incredible insight and understanding Shakespeare had into the mind and human nature. As the characters of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are developed throughout the play, the viewer is lead into a deep understanding of duality. Shakespeare uncovers the shadow of ambition, which can lead to intense inner conflict, madness, and death. Central to this play is the changing relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In this essay I will attempt to discuss this change; before the murder of King Duncan, following his death, and throughout the period of Macbeth's rein.
             In order to discuss the changing nature of their relationship it is firstly necessary to set the scene and have some background understanding and insight into their personalties, lives, and the events of the moment. It will then be possible to address the changes that unfold for them as individuals and in relationship.
             From the outset of the play Macbeth's character is established; a great and also ambitious warrior in the King of Scotland's army. In Act I Scene II, Macbeth is rewarded for his selfless courage when Duncan gives him the title 'Thane of Cawdor." The witches in Act I Scene III await Macbeth on a lonely moor and reveal their prophecy that he will be future King of Scotland. Macbeth is stunned to silence by this foretelling but his ambition is fanned even more.
             Macbeth's soliloquy in Scene III reveals the seed of thought that arose in his mind to murder the king. Macbeth immediately attempts to suppress this frightening thought declaring he will leave everything to chance.
             "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir."1
             Until now, the viewer sees Macbeth as a noble, trustworthy gen...