An opportunist, she jumps on prospects as soon as they arise. When she receives Macbeth’s letter about the witches’ predictions, she immediately begins plotting Duncan’s murder, and calls upon dark spirits to “fill [her] from crown to toe top-full of direst cruelty” (1.5.49-50) to assist her in getting the job done. While most women would never dream of summoning evil to become queen, Lady Macbeth will do whatever it takes to achieve the power she yearns for. She easily squashes her husband’s doubts in their scheme by belittling his manliness, calling him “a coward in [his] own esteem” (1.7.47) and other demeaning names. This type of manipulation comes naturally to Lady Macbeth, as does an attitude of relentless determination.
She expresses her determination and the desire she has for the third prophecy to come true. She knew that Macbeth would be too kind of a man to complete the task at hand. Lady Macbeth: “What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness “ (1.5.15-16) Knowing that Macbeth wouldn’t have the heart to kill the king, she conjured up the master plan to kill Duncan. In act 1 scene 7, she revealed the plan to Macbeth, saying that they will drunken Duncan’s chamberlains, then slip in and stab Duncan with the chamberlains’ weapons. Lady Macbeth: “What cannot you and I perform upon The unguarded Duncan?” (1.7.76-77) Lady Macbeth’s plan
Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it." said Lady Macbeth (I, V, Lines 15-20). Lady Macbeth is showing her ambition, she wants Macbeth to seize the throne and become a king. She is trying to convince her husband to start rising to power, even when such atrocious acts are involved. Lady Macbeth becomes fearful after the murder of Banquo (although she is not involved) from her guilt.
* She knows immediately that murdering Duncan is the only way of quickly achieving her goal. When Macbeth brings further news that Duncan is actually coming to spend that night with them, it becomes clear that her role is to seize the moment and facilitate her husband's rise to kingship. Before the murder (Act 1, Scene 7) How does Lady Macbeth persuade her husband to kill Duncan when he does not want to? Lady Macbeth uses different methods to persuade Macbeth to change his mind. Which one really affected Macbeth?
One main character is Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of Shakespeare’s play, she is a strong-willed, dominant figure. She takes on the role of being the dominant partner, almost male-like, when she sees Macbeth will not do so himself. She has infinite influence over her husband, who is portrayed as weaker than she is. She is the one who plans the betrayal of Duncan and pressures Macbeth into thinking the only way to fulfill the witches “promise” is to kill the king.
After reading the letter, Lady Macbeth immediately began to devise a plan, to ensure that her husband would become king, and she queen. She became impatient, realising how long this might take, and determined that the only way to ensure that this would occur quickly, would be to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth devised a plan to create the means in a very calculated way. The first step in Lady Macbeth’s murderous plan was to persuade Macbeth to carry out the deadly deed. Lady Macbeth was unsure how Macbeth would react to the possibility of murdering Duncan to become king.
1. DESCRIPTION OF LADY MACBETH Lady Macbeth is presented to the reader from her first appearance in the play as a woman fired by ambition. What Macbeth lacks in decisiveness, Lady Macbeth makes up for his lack of bloodthirsty lust for power and wealth. Swearing off her femininity at the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband powerfully to follow through with his plans to kill Duncan. After the act of regicide, it is Lady Macbeth who has the soundness of mind to plant the incriminating evidence on Duncan's guards.
She who was so in control of her feelings and destiny as much as admits her guilt to a visiting physician and lady in waiting. Soon after, she commits suicide as armies advance against the castle. Quotes Lady Macbeth says many bold, classic lines in this play that reveal her ambition and character. In Act I Scene 7, we see her dauntless confidence in their scheme when she says, 'We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail' (1.7).
However, once Lady Macbeth heard that her husband had been fortuned to be king in the future, her lust for greed, and selfishness drove her to insist that her husband take action immediately to seize the opportunity to become King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth believes that Macbeth is too soft, which can be seen by the use of the metaphor “It is too full o’the milk of human-kindness” (1, V, 15). This refers to the milk that a baby drinks, thus she compares Macbeth’s innocence to that of a baby. In turn, Lady Macbeth resolves that she must mislead Macbeth and provoke him to agree upon the murder of Duncan. Ultimately her apparent success comes about as she challenges his manhood during the discussion of murdering Duncan, “When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1, VII, 49).
Evidently Lady Bracknell values society and its values, saying, “Never speak disrespectfully of Society,” but she goes totally against these values by playing the role of her husband in her daughter’s life (hypocritical). In addition, the conversation between Lady Bracknell and Jack is controlled completely by Lady Bracknell. She is asking all the questions – in charge of the flow of the conversation – she is pushing/forcing everything she wants to know out of him. Evidence for this is ‘Mr Worthing! Rise, sir…’ this supports my statement above and conveys to the audience the power (authority) Lady Bracknell possesses over Jack.