How Does Lady Macbeth's Search For Power

Lady Macbeth’s desperate desire for power and control is evident through her vaulting ambition for the throne. The ambition that Lady displays is proven through her quick leap to obtaining more power when a chance for procuring it becomes clear. For instance, as Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter she responds with saying “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be/What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;/It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness/To catch the nearest way” (1.5.14-17). Lady Macbeth recognizes the power her and her husband have when she says “Glamis thou art” she acknowledges what they have but does not stop there. She says “and Cawdor; and shalt be” She displays enthusiasm in the fact that Macbeth received Cawdor, …show more content…
She believes Macbeth is not strong enough to take the crown for himself so she offers to use the strength that her words have over him to convince him . She is hinting that her ambition for the power that will come is greater than Macbeth’s even though he will be given the kingship, not her. She tries to get power in whatever form she can, her ambition is starting to take over. P3: Similarly to her ambition, Lady Macbeth expresses her ideas of who in their world has the most control, and how she can obtain it to act on her desires. As Lady Macbeth hears about Duncan’s soon arrival to their castle she summons “spirits/ That tend on [her] mortal thoughts, [to] unsex [her] here/And fill [her] from the crown to the toe.../Of direst cruelty;[to] make thick [her] blood”(1.5 40-42). In the time of when this play took place men were more powerful and in greater control than women were. Lady Macbeth wanting to “unsex” herself uncovers the desire that she wants to obtain more control and power. She believes she has to be cruel to obtain her power, as she wants her mortal thoughts to be changed to evil