And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!' Lady Macbeth wants to lose her femininity so she can be cold-blooded and commit murder like a man does. However, more than anything, it appears that Lady Macbeth is a very greedy woman, desirous of things that seem very much out of reach.
             She also prepares herself to work her husband into a murderous state of mind, as she believes him to be 'too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way.' Within the first act, she deems herself to be the more authoritative person in this couple. She believes that even if Macbeth is too scared or unwilling to kill the current king, Duncan, she can make him do it if she 'may pour her spirits in thine ear.'
             The domineering aspect of Lady Macbeth's character becomes even more evident when she is told Duncan
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