Before and during the murder Lady Macbeth’s character changes from persuasive, manipulative and dominant to just dominant, but Macbeth’s character also changes but in a unique way since his character changes from a person who relies on others to decide for him to a remorseful person.
Lady Macbeth’s character before the murder is persuasive and manipulative. Evidence for this can be found when Lady Macbeth is talking to Macbeth and she tries to make him decide on whether to kill Duncan or not by saying ‘I dare not wait upon I would’ or for him to ‘live a coward'. In addition to her being persuasive, it also seems as if she may be an impatient person, as she said, ‘I dare not wait’. She is also a manipulative woman since she is trying to make …show more content…
This is an example of her being manipulative because she is saying that when Macbeth wanted to kill Duncan he was a man, but now he does not want to kill Duncan he is not a man. This would be an effective way to manipulate Macbeth because in Tudor times men didn’t want to be a coward, so by making not killing Duncan a cowardly act it would manipulate Macbeth into thinking that killing Duncan was being a man and not a coward.
Before the murder, Macbeth has a sitting-on-the-fence character since he seems as if he is questioning himself in his soliloquy. Evidence for this is when it says: ‘If it were done … it were done quickly’. This means that if the business of the murder was done as soon as the deed was performed, then it would be a good thing to have it carried out. This makes him seem like he is sitting on the fence because he is saying that killing the king would be a good thing, but only if it was done fast. When he says if it seems as if he is questioning himself/ contemplating on whether to kill the king since if he killed the king then he would become a king in the fastest way possible just like the witches said in Act 1 Scene 3, but it would also mean that he is betraying the
Lady Macbeth’s character before the murder is persuasive and manipulative. Evidence for this can be found when Lady Macbeth is talking to Macbeth and she tries to make him decide on whether to kill Duncan or not by saying ‘I dare not wait upon I would’ or for him to ‘live a coward'. In addition to her being persuasive, it also seems as if she may be an impatient person, as she said, ‘I dare not wait’. She is also a manipulative woman since she is trying to make …show more content…
This is an example of her being manipulative because she is saying that when Macbeth wanted to kill Duncan he was a man, but now he does not want to kill Duncan he is not a man. This would be an effective way to manipulate Macbeth because in Tudor times men didn’t want to be a coward, so by making not killing Duncan a cowardly act it would manipulate Macbeth into thinking that killing Duncan was being a man and not a coward.
Before the murder, Macbeth has a sitting-on-the-fence character since he seems as if he is questioning himself in his soliloquy. Evidence for this is when it says: ‘If it were done … it were done quickly’. This means that if the business of the murder was done as soon as the deed was performed, then it would be a good thing to have it carried out. This makes him seem like he is sitting on the fence because he is saying that killing the king would be a good thing, but only if it was done fast. When he says if it seems as if he is questioning himself/ contemplating on whether to kill the king since if he killed the king then he would become a king in the fastest way possible just like the witches said in Act 1 Scene 3, but it would also mean that he is betraying the