Lady Macbeth Research Paper
Lady Macbeth & Her Evilness
"Bring Forth men-children only! For thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males."(I, vii, 73-75) Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most frightening and strong female characters. She is ambitious, lusts for power and will stop at nothing for it; she is truly evil. This is evident when she asks evil spirits to come unsex her, when she tries to manipulate Macbeth into committing a most sinful crime, and that she is actively part of the crime also.
"Come you spirits that tend on mortal Thoughts, unsex me here and fill me From the crown to the toe/ make thick My blood/ come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall/ come, thick night And pall thee in dunnest smoke of hell/ …show more content…
It shows how evil she wants to become and how much she is willing to do for it. She calls on spirits to unsex her and remove all her womanly feelings so she can be courageous and more masculine. This makes us believe she wants to be ambitious and violent, so that the killing of Duncan will be done effectively, and Macbeth will reign.
Lady Macbeth's evil is seen further when she replies to Macbeth,
"I have given suck, and know how tender tis/ while it was smiling in my face, have Pluck'd my nipple from his boneless …show more content…
When you durst do it, Then you were a man;/ you would be so much More the man. Nor time, nor place, did then adhere/ They have made themselves, and that their fitness now." (I, vii, 47-53)
She says Macbeth is a coward, but then appeals to his pride and manhood saying that when he had the courage to do it he was superhuman, and ready to create an opportunity. Now when he has it, he shrinks back at the thought and will not do it. Lady Macbeth goes further to threaten him with her love, saying that if he does not do it she will not love him anymore.
Moreover, Lady Macbeth is actively part of the crime that she urges her husband to do. She conceives the dastardly plan that shows her without conscience, participates in the murder, and will forever be left with a guilty conscience.
"When Duncan asleep,/ his two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail, so convince,/ shall be A fume, and the receipt of reason, a limbec only:/ their Drenched natures lie as in a death, what cannot you and I Perform upon the unguarded Duncan?/ his spongy officers Who shall bear the guilt of our great quell?" (I, vii,
"Bring Forth men-children only! For thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males."(I, vii, 73-75) Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most frightening and strong female characters. She is ambitious, lusts for power and will stop at nothing for it; she is truly evil. This is evident when she asks evil spirits to come unsex her, when she tries to manipulate Macbeth into committing a most sinful crime, and that she is actively part of the crime also.
"Come you spirits that tend on mortal Thoughts, unsex me here and fill me From the crown to the toe/ make thick My blood/ come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall/ come, thick night And pall thee in dunnest smoke of hell/ …show more content…
It shows how evil she wants to become and how much she is willing to do for it. She calls on spirits to unsex her and remove all her womanly feelings so she can be courageous and more masculine. This makes us believe she wants to be ambitious and violent, so that the killing of Duncan will be done effectively, and Macbeth will reign.
Lady Macbeth's evil is seen further when she replies to Macbeth,
"I have given suck, and know how tender tis/ while it was smiling in my face, have Pluck'd my nipple from his boneless …show more content…
When you durst do it, Then you were a man;/ you would be so much More the man. Nor time, nor place, did then adhere/ They have made themselves, and that their fitness now." (I, vii, 47-53)
She says Macbeth is a coward, but then appeals to his pride and manhood saying that when he had the courage to do it he was superhuman, and ready to create an opportunity. Now when he has it, he shrinks back at the thought and will not do it. Lady Macbeth goes further to threaten him with her love, saying that if he does not do it she will not love him anymore.
Moreover, Lady Macbeth is actively part of the crime that she urges her husband to do. She conceives the dastardly plan that shows her without conscience, participates in the murder, and will forever be left with a guilty conscience.
"When Duncan asleep,/ his two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail, so convince,/ shall be A fume, and the receipt of reason, a limbec only:/ their Drenched natures lie as in a death, what cannot you and I Perform upon the unguarded Duncan?/ his spongy officers Who shall bear the guilt of our great quell?" (I, vii,