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Response To Macbeth Act 2
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The novel Macbeth considers Lady Macbeth as ambitious but ruthless, unscrupulous, dishonest, deceitful, manipulative murderess. Although Lady Macbeth did not kill anyone, she is accountable for Duncan’s demise. In the novel, the hesitant Macbeth is seen as murderous as he is the one doing the killing. However, the one pulling the strings was none other but his wife Lady Macbeth. After receiving a letter from Macbeth regarding his promotion of position to thane of Cawdor and detailing his visit of the witches, Lady Macbeth realizes he is too full of “th’ milk of human kindness” to acquire the throne (1.v.16). Settling to do everything in her power to convince her husband to whatever is necessary to seize the crown. Macbeth

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