Macbeth

Examine 5 scenes where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are alone together. ~

Carefully analyse the state of mind of each of them at each point in these

5 scenes. Trace the changes in each of them and in their relationship.

In the middle of this scene Macbeth enters one of the rooms in the castle where Lady Macbeth is. Lady Macbeth has just spoken to a messenger who told her that Duncan, the king, is coming to stay at the castle that night. Soon after the messenger leaves, Lady Macbeth conjures up ideas in her head that this would be a great opportunity to murder Duncan, so that Macbeth can get to the throne as the prophecy states, but more importantly to Lady Macbeth, if Macbeth is to be crowned king, then she would also gain more power as she would become queen. Macbeth enters the scene alone with Lady Macbeth just after Lady Macbeth has cleansed herself of everything feminine and sold her sole to the devil so that she will not back down to her intentions of murdering Duncan. It is in this scene that we begin to see signs of evil, deception, and deceitfulness from Lady Macbeth as she reveals her intentions and cunning ideas. On the surface she may seem innocent for instance when she casually in!

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Her deceitful nature is reflected as she tries to convince Macbeth to be very friendly and act welcoming towards Duncan in order to not reveal their real intentions. Macbeth is now feeling despondent, angry, fearful, guilty and insecure because he is very afraid that he and Lady Macbeth will be found out. Macbeth has not followed Lady Macbeth’s plans accurately as for one instance he has brought the daggers back to their chamber instead of leaving it at the murder scene. She assures Macbeth that nothing will go wrong just to comfort him in his thinking.

Act II (ii) 14 – 74

This scene where Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are alone together is full of hysteria. But both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth change when they are around each other. From the first scene where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are together through to this scene, both their state of minds have been altered constantly which also eventually changed the pattern of their relationship.

Act I (vii) 28 – 82

In this next scene where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are alone, Macbeth has just left Duncan’s supper with him and Macbeth has not stopped thinking about what he should do, whether to listen to Lady Macbeth’s plans to murder Duncan or to stick to his own judgement and just wait his turn to be king and do nothing in the process. But in reality Lady Macbeth is feeling the same as Macbeth a!

nd seems more cautious and very anxious. She then states claims that he does not really want to become king or is too frightened of this position. Macbeth is now completely regretful of murdering Duncan and is in fact envious of Duncan as the peace and restful sleep Duncan has now is what Macbeth can only dream of as he has constant nightmares about Duncan. Macbeth is severel!

y distraught, and soon after the murder, Lady Macbeth is also anxious and nervous and this unsettles their relationship as they both try to put on an act towards each other to cover up their own fears. Lady Macbeth is set on going through with the murder as at times during the scene she does not even listen to what Macbeth is saying as she continues to speak her own mind without recognizing what Macbeth is saying.

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. Lady Macbeth is quite calm and collected about what has just happened and has no regrets as she has always been leading up to this seen.

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