Lady Macbeth's Character Shifts From Good To Evil

Shakespeare’s Macbeth involves a series of intriguing conflicts that dig deep into the characters’ underlying aspirations. Analysis of how Macbeth’s character shifts from good to evil can be drawn from the dialogue throughout the play. From the dialogue readers may conclude that Macbeth’s desires turn evil as a result of his own thoughts taking over. Conversely, readers may also believe that Lady Macbeth is the root of the conflict and is the spark of Macbeth’s evil. Lady Macbeth is to blame for Macbeth’s downfall because of her manipulative demeanor, devilish witch call, and Macbeth’s cautious nature. Lady Macbeth’s convincing demeanor proposes that she controlled and steered Macbeth’s wrongs to the point where he could not turn back. She realized her husband was not as evil in nature as her when she says, “Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way” (I. v. 13-15). This validates that Lady Macbeth is the one that drives Macbeth to kill Duncan, because Macbeth does not have such …show more content…
After she reads a letter from the three witches claiming that Macbeth will soon hold the position of king, Lady Macbeth becomes determined to get Macbeth to do whatever it takes to become king. She called upon the witches for aid, which during this time was dangerous and immoral, in getting Macbeth a seat on the throne: “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty” (I. vi. 37-40). Because Lady Macbeth asks for the witches to rid her of feminine and guilty qualities, it signifies her desire to be strong and confident in the plan she has for killing Duncan. She wants Duncan’s murder to be successful so badly that she would do such a thing as call on these evil witches to help her rid of her conscience to aid in the plan’s