Lady Macbeth 's Character throughout the play lIn William Shakespeare 's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is the cause of King Duncan’s Murder. She is the force that is driving Macbeth and fueling his ambition to be king at the beginning of the play. Lady Macbeth has the power to easily persuade her husband into doing what she would like him to do, which in this case was to kill Duncan and be king. Although other characters may have partially contributed to the murder of King Duncan, she was the main instigator of Duncan’s execution. Although she persuaded Macbeth into killing Duncan she is still not as evil as him. Although she did not kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth’s desire for power makes her the cause of Duncan 's death, but later is overwhelmed with guilt because she persuaded Macbeth into assassinating Duncan.
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She calls upon all evil to become de-womanized, fearless, and guiltless, like a man. by asserting "unsex me here, /And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/Of direst cruelty!”(I.v.39-41). She no longer wants to have her womanly emotions and wishes to exchange her compassion to cruelty. She is driven by ambition, not love and is always in search of power. Lady Macbeth has an extremely demanding character and has Macbeth under her power and influence, therefore making him as evil as she is at the beginning of the play through killing Duncan. Despite all her wrongdoings, Lady Macbeth finds her conscience and becomes aware that persuading Macbeth to be evil was a terrible mistake. She later apprehends that galvanizing Macbeth to murder both Duncan and Banquo was a wicked and cruel thing to do. After Macbeth murders the king and Banquo he is presented to be eviler than his wife. He kills his best friend without showing signs of remorse and kills his leader for his own selfish
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She calls upon all evil to become de-womanized, fearless, and guiltless, like a man. by asserting "unsex me here, /And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/Of direst cruelty!”(I.v.39-41). She no longer wants to have her womanly emotions and wishes to exchange her compassion to cruelty. She is driven by ambition, not love and is always in search of power. Lady Macbeth has an extremely demanding character and has Macbeth under her power and influence, therefore making him as evil as she is at the beginning of the play through killing Duncan. Despite all her wrongdoings, Lady Macbeth finds her conscience and becomes aware that persuading Macbeth to be evil was a terrible mistake. She later apprehends that galvanizing Macbeth to murder both Duncan and Banquo was a wicked and cruel thing to do. After Macbeth murders the king and Banquo he is presented to be eviler than his wife. He kills his best friend without showing signs of remorse and kills his leader for his own selfish