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Lady Macbeth is one of the most intriguing characters to analyse in Macbeth. Her actions seem to be fleshed out well and she irrefutably holds power and control when she speaks. Nonetheless, being a woman in the Dark Ages holds in its own inadequacy. She keeps it all to herself; all the events that happen around her and her partner, Macbeth, after murdering Duncan which causes her to feel guilt. The nature of guilt, then, envelopes her state of mind and causes her to go insane with guilt.
Evidences
[1] In Act One Scene 5, Lady Macbeth summons evil spirits as she says, [1, V, 39-45] “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topful of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage …show more content…
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.” in which she highlights that it is better to be dead than to be the killer she is. She also feels the desire to be strong since guilt has taken over her or else everything will crumble apart. Lady Macbeth has also noticed how Macbeth’s attitude towards her has changed; he has made a commitment to evil and must become stronger. And, after everything has settled in - Lady Macbeth is seen to be having nightmares in which she washes her hands with water, which brings us back to what she said before “a little water clears us of this deed” as she dreams about changing her mistakes but she knows she can’t. This is where we know that the nature of guilt is finally absorbed by Lady Macbeth.
Conclusion
So, in conclusion, the nature of guilt correlates with Lady Macbeth as she suffers through it after influencing her partner to commit a murderous act. She suffers guilt slowly but surely, as she later develops nightmares which lead to her
Lady Macbeth is one of the most intriguing characters to analyse in Macbeth. Her actions seem to be fleshed out well and she irrefutably holds power and control when she speaks. Nonetheless, being a woman in the Dark Ages holds in its own inadequacy. She keeps it all to herself; all the events that happen around her and her partner, Macbeth, after murdering Duncan which causes her to feel guilt. The nature of guilt, then, envelopes her state of mind and causes her to go insane with guilt.
Evidences
[1] In Act One Scene 5, Lady Macbeth summons evil spirits as she says, [1, V, 39-45] “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topful of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage …show more content…
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.” in which she highlights that it is better to be dead than to be the killer she is. She also feels the desire to be strong since guilt has taken over her or else everything will crumble apart. Lady Macbeth has also noticed how Macbeth’s attitude towards her has changed; he has made a commitment to evil and must become stronger. And, after everything has settled in - Lady Macbeth is seen to be having nightmares in which she washes her hands with water, which brings us back to what she said before “a little water clears us of this deed” as she dreams about changing her mistakes but she knows she can’t. This is where we know that the nature of guilt is finally absorbed by Lady Macbeth.
Conclusion
So, in conclusion, the nature of guilt correlates with Lady Macbeth as she suffers through it after influencing her partner to commit a murderous act. She suffers guilt slowly but surely, as she later develops nightmares which lead to her