Aspirations For Power In Act 2 Of Lady Macbeth

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Furthermore in Act two, Lady Macbeth exemplifies how greed starts to take of a person’s mind by her dominance towards Macbeth. After Macbeth kills Duncan he is horrified from his dishonorable act and can’t bear to kill the guards, however Lady Macbeth is not “My hands are of your colour,” (2.2). This is one of the most significant scenes in the whole entire play for Lady Macbeth, because it shows her aspiration for power. She will commit murder to be able to let her husband become the future king; a person descended from God, himself. To be able to have the riches, control, and authority that King Duncan had. She displayed her limit to have and take the throne to have more power than ever. The audience can see the Macbeth and his wife are in

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