Lady Macbeth's Rise To Power

Macbeth, one of the most powerful plays of all time by Shakespeare that tells the story of ambition and power . In the play the titular character Macbeth, has a vendetta to become king by any means necessary, due to the prophecy told to him by the three witches. Throughout the play with the aid of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth achieves his goal to be king through a series of heinous acts, done to attain power and to stay in power. Macbeth’s high scope of ambition is driven by his need of power and greed, that is propelled by Lady Macbeth , to his eventual downfall.
Lady Macbeth’s hold on Macbeth is shown in his rise to power in which Lady Macbeth has a high influence on the decisions that Macbeth makes. An instance of this is when Lady Macbeth says