How Does Lady Macbeth Change Throughout The Play

Macbeth is the story of a man driven by the wrong kind of ambition, but he is not totally to blame. Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, compelled her husband to commit the horrendous act of killing the king. At the beginning of the story, Lady Macbeth was an alluring person. She had thoughts that were dark and quite terrifying, but these were just thoughts. When her thoughts turned into actions is where the story really begins. Lady Macbeth at first seems like a cold callous person. During play, there is a change seen in Lady Macbeth as she develops a conscience. When the story starts Lady Macbeth is thinking some really horrible things. Throughout the play, her thoughts get worse and worse, but she also thinks about what others are seeing and tries to cover up what she has done, proving she knew what she did was wrong. Just before she dies you hear of sick she has been. How she has been walking around trying to rid herself of imaginary blood. This act shows how she wishes she could take back what she did and she is truly sorry she did it. …show more content…
He also talks about his encounter with the witches. Lady Macbeth voices her thoughts to the audience. She talks about how he husband is too nice, this is just after we hear about how he cut off someone’s head and was walking around with it on a stick. She then proceeds to say “make thick my blood;/stop up th’access and passage to remorse,”(I.IV.42-43). She is talking about how she wants to disregard her conscience and never feel remorse again so that she can proceed with her plan to kill the