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    Lady Macbeth Quotes

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    Lady Macbeth is married to Macbeth the main character in this play‚ making her one of the key characters in this play. Lady Macbeth is a woman who lusts for power‚ authority and control through her husband. She persuades Macbeth into killing Duncan so that he can become king after the incident. She characterizes one of the ongoing thematic elements of guilt throughout the play and this finally leads to her death in the end. The quote "a little water clears us of this deed" is a simple statement made

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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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    Lady Macbeth Quotes

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    marriage and love in you never discloses a path of lilies and of roses. She‚ in either cheek‚ or else so lovely born. Conquering hearts all other beauties longed‚ she converted love’s infidels beyond her strength. And to tie herself to such a character‚ Macbeth. Maybe she was in love? Though knowing her I doubt she ever felt herself in danger from ’the whim of some man’. Oh old friend‚ you are a formidable besmirched woman. You who no doubt gets your own way in all matters‚ raising your single-minded husband

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    In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s‚ relationship is affected by an act of murder placed upon Macbeth by his wife. Lady Macbeth after this scene shows a very controlling and unappreciative attitude for what Macbeth has done for her‚ kill King Duncan. She demonstrates in a metaphorical scene described by the Old Man‚ “A falcon‚ tow’ring in her pride of place‚/Was by a mousing owl hawked and killed” (II. 4. 11-13). This quote is like Lady Macbeth’s unappreciative

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    Lady Macbeth Greed Quotes

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    connection between Lady Macbeth and greed helps the audience understand the driving force of Lady Macbeth’s actions in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth. After Lady Macbeth reads of the witches’ prophecies for her husband‚ she becomes obsessed with her own greed for the crown. Greed creates a monster out of Lady Macbeth and as she calls to the evil spirits‚ she says‚ “unsex me here‚ and fill me from the crown to the toe with direst cruelty!” (1. 5. 39-41). In this quoteLady Macbeth is praying to evil

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    The play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is a tragedy about a Scottish lord‚ Macbeth‚ who becomes too ambitious. He starts off as a brave‚ loyal and noble man‚ but his ambition and thirst for power lead him onto a path of ruthlessness and self-destruction‚ and ultimately his own death. While Macbeth is manipulated by various people and occurrences‚ the main ones being the witches‚ Lady Macbeth and Fate‚ one theme that remains constant throughout the play is the power of choice. Macbeth does have

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    Macbeth - Lady Macbeth

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    Macbeth – Scene Analysis “Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor‚ and shalt be What thou art promised; yet do I fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great‚ Art not without ambition‚ but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly‚ That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false‚ And yet wouldst strongly win. Thou’dst have‚ great Glamis‚ That which cries‚ ‘Thus who

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    Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

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    matter with Macbeth. He should‚ says his wife‚ "look like the innocent flower‚ / But be the serpent under’t" (1.5.65-66). Macbeth answers‚ "We will speak further" (1.5.71)‚ but if he intends to appear noncommittal‚ he hasn’t fooled his wife. She tells him that all he has to do is put on a pleasant face‚ and "Leave all the rest to me" (1.5.73). With that‚ the partners in crime hurry out to welcome the King they are going to kill. While King Duncan is having supper in Macbeth’s castle‚ Macbeth steps out

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    In the beginning of the play Macbeth was somewhat of a humble person. He fought for the king and helped win the battle‚ but once the witches told him that he would be thane of Glamis‚Cawdor‚ and later would become king‚ he found himself beginning to become corrupted by greed and he started to think about how he could kill the king and take the position that was promised to him. Where he was once a Strong‚ brave and courageous man‚ now he is afraid of anything that might possibly be a threat to him

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    Lady Macbeth

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    the scene where Lady Macbeth shows that she needs to find the manpower inside her to able to betray the King. This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is truly evil as she is asking spirits to grant her the strength to hide her guilt and go through with her plan without any hesitation. One the other hand though‚ it also means that deep inside her‚ she isn’t how she’s acting because she asking spirits for this privilege. This quote proves that Lady Macbeth is the person who started Macbeth off and that she

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