The Growth of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth Being the wife of a king is a hard job that is full of responsibility and fame. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth has many desires to become queen. When Lady Macbeth gets the letter that says she has the opportunity to become king, nothing will stop her along the way. However, throughout the play Lady Macbeth changes. In the beginning, she thrives on the chance to become queen and will even kill King Duncan for the thrown. In addition, she does not feel any guilt and her husband is engulfed in guilt and regret after the murder of Duncan. As a result, Lady Macbeth’s guilt catches up with her and she suffers it.
The story begins with the witches that not only affected Macbeth, …show more content…
Lady Macbeth assures Macbeth everything will be fine after he panics about his blood stained hands. “My hands are of your color, but I am shame To wear a heart so white” (Shakespeare II.II.82-82). Lady Macbeth is just as much to blame for the murder, but she does not show guilt like Macbeth. She wants to make him feel like they were equal parts in this crime. Macbeth’s bloody hands are causing him to be paranoid and he fears that his hands will never be clean again. Lady Macbeth tells him to wash his hands and he will be free from the guilt. She does not understand the feelings that Macbeth has until near the end of the …show more content…
Her determination impacts Macbeth into following the prophecies and committing multiple murders in order to get the power. In the beginning, Lady Macbeth does not feel any remorse for killing the king, while Macbeth receives guilt through bloody hands and hallucinations. Eventually, Lady Macbeth’s guilt hits her full-force which causes her to commit suicide. Lady Macbeth changes from a ambitious, power-hungry wife, to a guilty, dead queen. Being queen is not an easy job, especially if you killed people to get to the
The story begins with the witches that not only affected Macbeth, …show more content…
Lady Macbeth assures Macbeth everything will be fine after he panics about his blood stained hands. “My hands are of your color, but I am shame To wear a heart so white” (Shakespeare II.II.82-82). Lady Macbeth is just as much to blame for the murder, but she does not show guilt like Macbeth. She wants to make him feel like they were equal parts in this crime. Macbeth’s bloody hands are causing him to be paranoid and he fears that his hands will never be clean again. Lady Macbeth tells him to wash his hands and he will be free from the guilt. She does not understand the feelings that Macbeth has until near the end of the …show more content…
Her determination impacts Macbeth into following the prophecies and committing multiple murders in order to get the power. In the beginning, Lady Macbeth does not feel any remorse for killing the king, while Macbeth receives guilt through bloody hands and hallucinations. Eventually, Lady Macbeth’s guilt hits her full-force which causes her to commit suicide. Lady Macbeth changes from a ambitious, power-hungry wife, to a guilty, dead queen. Being queen is not an easy job, especially if you killed people to get to the