Macbeth And Lady Macbeth's Relationship

The Development of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s Relationship The Shakespearean play Macbeth is a deceitful, deceptive and fate-led tragedy in which Macbeth, prophecies of supernatural powers and the assistance of Lady Macbeth create chaos in Scotland. The development of the relationship between Macbeth and his wife is one of the most evident changes which take place throughout the play. Throughout the play, the valiant Macbeth goes from being kind, conscious and dependent on his wife to the character, his spouse originally was; a cruel, conscious-less, dominant partner. Macbeth was originally the kind partner while his spouse was the cruel one in the marriage. The first time that the audience observe this is when Lady Macbeth receives the
After Macbeth commits the deed of murdering the King, he proceeds to say “How is’t with me, when every noise appals me? / What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes. / Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red.”(2.2.61-63). This quote reveals that Macbeth is clearly paranoid that he will not be cleared of the guilt of the crime he has just committed, and that he had a strong conscience. At this point, we saw Lady Macbeth, who came to comfort him and she stated “A little water clears of this deed.”(2.2.68). Her statement here provides us with the knowledge that she holds no conscience and she is very relaxed about killing others because she is not afraid of being deemed guilty. She presents no remorse or fear over the act that Macbeth committed. However, after the majority of the murders have taken place, her guilt and remorse return to haunt Lady Macbeth when she says “Out, damned spot!”(5.1.25). This is a clear presentation of the conscience that Macbeth once held, taking control over Lady Macbeth because she hallucinates by seeing Duncan’s bloodstains on her hands and clothes, when there is nothing there. Meanwhile, Macbeth himself has killed several people and now feels no guilt nor wrongdoing in doing so. He acts
Due to the severe changes within the Macbeths’ marriage, they ended up distancing themselves from one another because they became less dependent on one another and they spent more time on their own rather than together. After thoroughly examining this Shakespearean tragedy, one question arises to mind; did Lady Macbeth help Macbeth become successful or did she help pave the path to his ultimate