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    Shakespeare’s MacbethLady Macbeth and Macbeth posses several similarities as well as differences. Macbeth is a morally strong character whereas Lady Macbeth is willing to commit any crime in order to achieve her goal. However‚ Once Duncan has been murdered‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin to swap places. Macbeth is a morally strong character whereas Lady Macbeth is willing to commit any crime in order to achieve her goal. While planning to kill Duncan in order to posses the crown‚ Macbeth is hesitant

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    Macbeth: We know that Macbeth is a brave and valiant soldier‚ ready to die for his king‚ Duncan. However‚ the prophecies of the witches have a powerful effect on him‚ especially when he learns the first has come true‚ and he becomes the Thane of Cawdor. He thinks more and more about being king‚ and he is easily persuaded to agree to murder Duncan. However‚ he often appears weak - he starts to have visions‚ he asks lots of questions‚ he cannot make a decision and never really seems sure of himself

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    Lady Macbeth Quotes

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    1.) In the beginning of‚ Macbeth‚ the Macbeths cared for each other. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both were secure with their relationship and each other. They also trusted one another very much. “Great Glamis‚ worthy Cawdor! Greater than both by the all-hail hereafter! This ignorant present‚ and I feel now the future is the instant” (Lady Macbeth Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Line 53-58). This quote is showing how excited Lady Macbeth was to see her husband and if she only cared for herself she would not be excited

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    Role Of Lady Macbeth

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    In the play “The Tragedy of Macbeth”‚ written by William Shakespeare in 1606‚ among the characters that perform‚ there is Lady Macbeth. She plays a major role until we see her decline in the Act 5 dictated by her own guilt. Throughout the play she has a strong influence on her husband and is a primary cause for increasing Macbeth’s ambition. In the earlier acts of the play we can see that Lady Macbeth’s words mean a lot to him‚ giving the impression that she is definitely the dominant figure

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    Unsupportive Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is a very egocentric woman. She fails to have any concern over Macbeth’s interests‚ and she does not consider his decisions. This lack of care for her husband is shown many times throughout the play‚ and it is more predominantly shown in the first two acts. Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth has the same viewpoints as her. Because of this‚ instead of asking if he wants to do something‚ she tells him what they are going to do. If Macbeth tries to protest

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    Lady Macbeth Essay

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    Lady Macbeth: In the play “Macbeth” written by Shakespeare the character Lady Macbeth is duplicitous. “…look like th’innocent flower‚ But be the serpent under’t” (I‚ vi‚ 64-65). The snake and the flower was a reference towards Macbeth although it depicts Lady Macbeth as well. Since she is under the same curse as Macbeth‚ because she has the same name‚ she is equally affected by the witches as he is. He is captured into the prophecy of the witches and so is Lady Macbeth. She might look kind and

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    Moreover‚ besides the "wired sisters"‚ Lady Macbeth is patently viewed as a significant affect to the actions of Macbeth. As Macbeth’s wife‚ she has a strong impact to contribute to Macbeth’s downfall. She is more relentless as well as more ambitious than her husband‚ immediately conceives the horrible idea of murdering her royal guest. She encourages Macbeth‚ to betray his will with the most merciless determination(). In order to assist her husband to gets what is foretold to him‚ she commits the

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    Lady Macbeth Influence

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    Lady Macbeth’s Influence On Macbeth In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ many characters played a role in the murder of King Duncan but Lady Macbeth is responsible for it all. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter. After she reads the letter she looks up and essentially says‚ “I am worried that you don’t have what it takes to be the King. You lack what it takes; you want to be in power but you cannot get the things done that are called for. Hurry

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    Character of Lady Macbeth

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    Character of Lady Macbeth In the course of this essay I will discuss the character of Lady Macbeth and the change in her character throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. We see her as being ambitious and ruthless at the start. Looking at her and Macbeths character she is the dominant one in the relationship. After a while we start to see a change in her character as she lacks strength and ambition‚ isn’t in charge or control of her relationship with Macbeth. She is being kept out of

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    Lady Macbeth Analysis

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    Shakespeare creates a facade when he coats Lady Macbeth with feelings of love and compassion for her husband Macbeth. However‚ when Lady Macbeth finds out the witches prophesied Macbeth was to become king she immediately thought of ways she could achieve her ambition‚ committing the sinful act of killing King Duncan was the first to come to mind. Lady Macbeth challenges Macbeths manly hood by stating “It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” The noun “milk”‚ a word of purity and motherly love

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