Shakespeare has written a number of plays where characters gradually change throughout the play due to the occurrence of events. In the play Macbeth, the audience view Lady Macbeth differently from the beginning to the end. The main factor of Lady Macbeth being viewed differently, is Duncan’s murder. At the start of the play she is seen as, dominant and confident and she persuades that killing Duncan is the best thing to do. As Macbeth commits the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth begins to struggle with her guilty conscience and is soon driven by madness and guilt.
At the beginning of Macbeth the audience is introduced to Lady Macbeth (Macbeth’s wife), who starts off innocent, until reading the letter from Macbeth, telling her about the witches' prophecies. She quickly changes and becomes cold-blooded and sees an opportunity to start plotting against Duncan. Lady Macbeth knows that in order for her husband to be the king, she will do anything in her power to make that happen. She also knows that no ordinary woman would plan this murder, which is why she …show more content…
After Macbeth murders Duncan, he begins to really struggle with what he has just done, when Lady Macbeth tells him, “consider it not so deeply”, when he panics about not being able to say the word “amen” (2.2.41). His anxiety lingers, and when she discovers that Macbeth did not leave the bloody murder weapons with Duncan’s servants, she criticizes him. After when Lady Macbeth places the daggers in the right spot, she tells him, “My hands are of your colour,but I shame to wear a heart so white” (2.2.82-83). She is saying that her hands are white, but she would be ashamed to have a heart as white as Macbeth’s, meaning he is a coward. It is evident that after Duncan’s murder, a change is seen in Lady Macbeth becoming frustrated, from being very confident and
At the beginning of Macbeth the audience is introduced to Lady Macbeth (Macbeth’s wife), who starts off innocent, until reading the letter from Macbeth, telling her about the witches' prophecies. She quickly changes and becomes cold-blooded and sees an opportunity to start plotting against Duncan. Lady Macbeth knows that in order for her husband to be the king, she will do anything in her power to make that happen. She also knows that no ordinary woman would plan this murder, which is why she …show more content…
After Macbeth murders Duncan, he begins to really struggle with what he has just done, when Lady Macbeth tells him, “consider it not so deeply”, when he panics about not being able to say the word “amen” (2.2.41). His anxiety lingers, and when she discovers that Macbeth did not leave the bloody murder weapons with Duncan’s servants, she criticizes him. After when Lady Macbeth places the daggers in the right spot, she tells him, “My hands are of your colour,but I shame to wear a heart so white” (2.2.82-83). She is saying that her hands are white, but she would be ashamed to have a heart as white as Macbeth’s, meaning he is a coward. It is evident that after Duncan’s murder, a change is seen in Lady Macbeth becoming frustrated, from being very confident and