Shakespeare uses imagery to show how Lady Macbeth transformed into a wicked woman, so that she could attain Duncan’s prestigious position - the king of Scotland. Lady Macbeth felt that her duty was to kill Duncan, because she saw her husband as a coward that was scared to murder someone of such high status. Lady Macbeth states, “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan” (1.5.1-2). The raven is known to be an evil bird that often symbolizes death. This image is used by Lady Macbeth to announce the ultimate death of Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s summoning of spirits shows her reliance on the supernatural, as she states, “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top
