Lady Macbeth
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- Lady Macbeth
- Ambition
- Lady Macbeth is much more ruthless, stronger and ambitious than her husband
- She needs no supernatural temptations to urge her on. While reading her husband's letter, she determines on the coarse to be pursued, and nothing turns her from that course until the goal of her ambition is reached.
- Her first words after reading the letter show clearly the strength of her determination: "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised."
- She appears to be mentally strong and her conscience did not seem troubled by the murders that she was a part of. Her determined ambition is what keeps Macbeth focused on committing the murders.
- Cruelty
- Lady Macbeth rarely shows any sympathy towards any characters throughout the time of the play.
- She works out the details of the plan to kill the king, and when Macbeth cannot return the blood-stained daggers to Duncan's room, she takes command of the situation and returns the daggers herself. "Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers"
- Lady Macbeth's true cruelty is shown when her death has no effect on the play as she is not considered a hero. Her character is that of such pure evil that it is difficult for the audience to sympathize for her on a personal level. Her crimes were considered so brutal that it would be difficult for anyone to ever forgive her.
- Manipulation
- Her true nature can be reflected through the imagery of blood, violence, death, as from the beginning of the play she is set out on an inevitable course of destruction.
- Throughout the play the audience is constantly reminded of Macbeth insecurity as he is always questioning his own actions. Lady Macbeth's primary role in the play is to give Macbeth the vital push and then sustain him until he can control his own conscience and actions.
- Lady Macbeth uses a specific techniques to ensure that Macbeth keeps to his purpose such as accusing Macbeth of being a coward. As Lady Macbeth herself possesses characteristics that are regularly only present in a male such as single-minded courage and cruelty.
- She shuns Macbeth for his failure to live up to the standard which she, as a women, has set. Using her physical characteristics of a women, and mental characteristics of a man, Lady Macbeth ridicules her husband for not being able to murder Duncan
- Ambition
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