Macbeth 3
Macbeth 3One of the main characters in the Shakespearean play “Macbeth”, is
his wife, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a very two sided character in this
play. She consistently acts differently when she is around her husband than
she does when she is alone. There are many different examples of this
contained in the play.
One of the most notable examples of this is contained in Act I Scene v
when Lady Macbeth reads the letter written to her by Macbeth. Shortly after
reading it, she makes the comment that she feels Macbeth is too kind to
murder Duncan and that he will need her help, strength, and willpower to
commit it. However, after she hears that Macbeth is returning home, she calls
upon evil spirits and other demonic entities to give her some aid. She does
this because she realizes that she doesn’t have the strength of will to persuade
Macbeth into murdering Duncan after all. Then, when Macbeth arrived, just
after she finished praying for help, she acts as if she has a heart of stone and
that Macbeth is not a man if he is afraid of killing Duncan. This is a prime
example of her deception towards him, and how she acts differently when she
is alone than when she is around him.
Another example of her being two sided is the role she talks about
playing in Duncan’s death, and the role that she actually does play in it.
There are a few times in the play, mostly when she is attempting to persuade
Macbeth into committing the murder, that she says he should just leave the
murder to her. Throughout the play she gradually decreases her role in...
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