Irene Ruddock And Lady Macbeth Are Different In Th 1

Irene Ruddock and Lady Macbeth are different in the way they transform throughout the the play. Lady Macbeth throughout the play changes as she goes from being a cold blooded cruel woman to being a nervous, scared and sad suicidal woman. The book starts by Macbeth being awarded the position of Thane of Cawdor, but Lady Macbeth wants more, she wants to be powerful and rich this is why she and Macbeth decide to kill Duncan."Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry Hold! Hold!". This quote of Lady Macbeths indicates that she doesn't want anyone to interfere with her purpose and she wishes to keep up with the plan and not let anybody or anything stop her. Near the end of the end of the play we get to see the other side of Lady Macbeth. We see a Lady Macbeth who is very weak ,full of remorse and resentment. She's sorry for everything she's done and what she did to her husband. She sleepwalks and washes her hands continuously. "Out, dammed spot. Out, I say! One. Two. Why then, 'tis time to do 't. Hell is murky". This is what she says while constantly washing her hands which makes it visible to the audience that she has a guilty conscience. "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh! Oh! Oh!". This implies that Duncan's blood which in her mental illness she can still smell. Throughout the book we see a strong and cold blooded Lady Macbeth influence her husband into killing Duncan. At the end we see a Lady Macbeth who's having nightmares, feelings of remorse , and a woman who is loosing her mind because she is suffering guilt from from the murder of Duncan. Unlike Lady Macbeth, Irene Ruddock changed for the better and her change had a positive effect on her. Miss Ruddock was a very lonely and isolated person towards the beggining of the play. She had no close friends or relitives in which