Lady macbeth vs
Lady macbeth vs. macbethMacbeth Essay
William Shakespeare's Macbeth, is a Medieval story about a Nobleman who had evil ambitions of becoming the King of Scotland. Throughout the story, Macbeth carries out three evil deeds, the murder of King Duncan, the murder of Banquo and, the murder of Macduff's innocent family. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both responsible for these evil deeds, because Lady Macbeth drove Macbeth to commit the first murder. As a result of this, Macbeth had to carry out the other two murders to keep his evil ambition alive.
Lady Macbeth is equally responsible for the Murder that was committed by Macbeth. She convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan, by questioning his manliness. Lady Macbeth illustrates her evil ambition, and her persecution of Macbeth's manliness in this quote. She is talking to Macbeth.
"Was the hope drunk?
Werein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own esteem,
Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would,"
Like the poor cat I' th' adage*"
(Act I, Scene vii, Lines 35-45, Page 36)
In this quote we can see that Lady Macbeth's ambitions are as evil as Macbeth's ambitions. Lady Macbeth is asking Macbeth if he is afraid to kill Duncan, and if he has enough courage to say so. She is asking him if he wants to be king or not, and if he is to be king he must kill king Duncan tonight. By reciting her speech, she is questioning Macbeth's manliness, and his ambitions. As a result of this Macbeth ends up killing Duncan that same night. The witches prophecies came true, Macbeth was crowned King, but not morally. The dramatic significance can be illustrated when Duncan first arrives to their castle, Lady Macbeth is so polite to him, and acts as if she would do anything for him. Ironically, she turns from good to bad, in a matter of hours. Which is unfortunate for King Duncan, fore he was brutally murdered by Macbeth that same night in his bed. This reveals Lady Macbeth's true character, cunning, conniving, and surprisingly evil.
Through this quote we can see how reluctant Macbeth is to kill his beloved King Duncan. Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth.
"We will proceed no further in this business:
He hath honoured me of late, and I have brought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon."
(Act I, Scene vii, Line 31-35, Page 36)
Macbeth is telling Lady Macbeth...
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