In The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth and his "dearest partner in greatness" (Act I, sc. V), Lady Macbeth, were indeed partners, but of anything but greatness. These two, as Malcolm stated, "this dead butcher and his fiend-like wife" (Act V, sc. viii), are most definitely deserving of these descriptions. They lied, cheated, and murdered people to satisfy their own selfish, unbridled ambition.
             Foremost, Macbeth was a brave and courageous man. He was one of Duncan's most glorious generals. The key word to take note of is "was," this man was kind and brave but had become blinded by ambition and avarice. He allowed evil to permeate his mind and transform him into a butcher. In the beginning, Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth is "too full o' the milk of kindness" (Act I, sc. v) to take the necessary drastic measures that will place them on the thrown of Scotland. The fact that she thinks this, implies that she too is being transformed by sinful ambition. She "was" quite kind and motherly, until her ambition blinded her and led her to solicit the powers of darkness to take milk from her breasts as gall and to thicken her blood, thereby preventing any interfering pangs of consciousness. After knowing of the witches' prophecies, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth start to change. They become more evil with every passing second letting their greed and selfishness take ove!
             Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth see Duncan's murder as the quickest and easiest way to reach their goal. Though Macbeth was initially the one to ponder killing Duncan, he later has second thoughts and Lady Macbeth is charged with reinstating these extremely negative feelings back into her husband's brain. Lady Macbeth is certainly aware of her husband's fame as a fearless soldier, and she uses it against him to tempt her husband into killing Duncan, the king. She "dares" him to do "all that may become a man" (Act I, sc.ii). Macbeth,
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