Examples Of Evil In Lady Macbeth
In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", we see a lot of evil; we see evil people and we see evil acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desire within them. However, only a really evil person acts on that impulse and commits something morally wrong. An evil deed doesn't necessarily mean an evil soul; Lady Macbeth was not naturally evil. Before her and her husband came to the conclusion of killing, they had their doubts. How can someone be pure evil, if they doubt the evil that they want to commit?
Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts (after receiving the letter from her husband) may make her appear as an utterly nonreligious, cold and ambitious woman, but this is not so. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to, …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is sure that being king is what her husband really wants and that killing is the option best for both of them. She knows him so well that she believes that he may be, "too full o'the milk of human kindness, to catch the nearest way". She overpowers her own conscience, which enables her to later, guide Macbeth into acting upon their plans. At first Lady Macbeth succeeds in persuading her husband, but later Macbeth wavers in his decision. Lady Macbeth is quick to chasten her husband in response to his uncertainty, and she manipulates him by questioning his manhood and his love for her. She helps Macbeth to 'realize' that despite what his conscience was saying; killing Duncan was the first and foremost …show more content…
A gentlewoman observes her sleepwalking and consults a doctor. The doctor and the gentlewoman observe Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, and her madly trying to cleanse her hands of the blood of Duncan and Macduff's family. Still in her sleep, Lady Macbeth asks, "what, will these hands ne're be clean?" foreseeing that she will never have peace of mind. She also retells events of the day Duncan was murdered. The doctor tells the gentlewoman that what Lady Macbeth needs is spiritual and not physical help. We now know for sure that Lady Macbeth is not pure evil because she has been driven mad with the guilt of her and her husband's evil
Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts (after receiving the letter from her husband) may make her appear as an utterly nonreligious, cold and ambitious woman, but this is not so. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to, …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is sure that being king is what her husband really wants and that killing is the option best for both of them. She knows him so well that she believes that he may be, "too full o'the milk of human kindness, to catch the nearest way". She overpowers her own conscience, which enables her to later, guide Macbeth into acting upon their plans. At first Lady Macbeth succeeds in persuading her husband, but later Macbeth wavers in his decision. Lady Macbeth is quick to chasten her husband in response to his uncertainty, and she manipulates him by questioning his manhood and his love for her. She helps Macbeth to 'realize' that despite what his conscience was saying; killing Duncan was the first and foremost …show more content…
A gentlewoman observes her sleepwalking and consults a doctor. The doctor and the gentlewoman observe Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, and her madly trying to cleanse her hands of the blood of Duncan and Macduff's family. Still in her sleep, Lady Macbeth asks, "what, will these hands ne're be clean?" foreseeing that she will never have peace of mind. She also retells events of the day Duncan was murdered. The doctor tells the gentlewoman that what Lady Macbeth needs is spiritual and not physical help. We now know for sure that Lady Macbeth is not pure evil because she has been driven mad with the guilt of her and her husband's evil