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    Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the most interesting and complex character in the play. She is‚ in fact‚ the point on which the action pivots: without her there is no play. Macbeth ’s most interesting and complex character is most certainly‚ as the question states‚ Lady Macbeth. The purpose of this essay is to describe Lady Macbeth ’s role in the play and discuss why this makes her the most fascinating character. Her evil doings are the main reasons why she dominates the plot so greatly.

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    A Woman Act and Think Like a Man Lady Macbeth is the most famous female character in one of the William Shakespeare’s’ plays‚ which is called Macbeth. In this great play‚ Lady Macbeth is the first instigator who plans to murder Duncan. Indeed‚ Lady Macbeth is an ambitious‚ powerful‚ and ruthless woman. When the time Macbeth sends her a letter and tells her the prediction from the three witches‚ she starts to plan ahead and staged a revolt to against the current kingship. Additionally‚ in the Shakespeare’s

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    wrote The Tragedy of Macbeth in 1606. The play is about the downfall of a hero. In this play one of the main characters‚ Lady Macbeth‚ is shown as a strong character. Some believe she is even a stronger character than her husbandMacbeth. However‚ I do not perceive the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this way. I view Lady Macbeth as weaker than her husband due to her: lack to admit when she is wrong‚ inability to back up her words‚ and her cowardliness. Lady Macbeth does not easily back down

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    Our kingDuncan‚ has just been murdered and I need to find out who did such a deed. Let’s gather the facts here‚ I am in Macbeth’s castle in Scotland. The witnesses are MacbethLady Macbeth‚ Malcolm‚ Donalbain‚ the two guards and the porter. Macbeth has just told us that he has killed the two guards after seeing that they have bloody daggers and clothes. I believe that someone is trying to frame the guards for killing Duncan. Macbeth is freaking out and he keeps telling us that he can’t live without

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    Yesterday‚ at Glamis Castle‚ King Duncan was murdered by one of his most loyal subjects‚ Macbeth. With his thirst for power‚ planted by the Weird Sisters and amplified by his wife’s persuasion‚ Macbeth stabbed the king in his back‚ both figuratively and literally. Today was the burial at Colmekill‚ Scotland. On Saturday November 11‚ Macbeth hosted a celebration of the Norwegian victory at his castle. King Duncan was invited to that celebration. Little did the king know‚ Macbeth had plans to fulfill a prophecy

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    Lady Macbeth Shakespeare‚ who was a writer born in Stratford-upon-Avon created many different plays‚ in which he always portrayed the woman as the “bad guy.” He was born in 1564 and he was a writer‚ actor and a dramatist. He wrote many plays‚ mostly revolving around tragedy such as: Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet and Macbeth. Shakespeare was a respected poet‚ and writer who received recognition after he passed away‚ April 23rd. 1616. One of Shakespeare’s well-known tragic plays ``Macbeth`` describes how

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    Macbeth pays more for Duncan’s death then Lady Macbeth although he was more reluctant to do it. Macbeth is valued as an hero at the beginning. This is shown when many people are talking to each other about how Macbeth is gallantry and strong ‚ as he can not describe himself. The witches then sowed a seed when Macbeth was told the prophecy. When Macbeth sent a letter to Lady Macbeth about the prophecy he had jus received and how “two truths had come” (Him being Thane of Fife then almost immediately

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    the scene where Lady Macbeth shows that she needs to find the manpower inside her to able to betray the King. This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is truly evil as she is asking spirits to grant her the strength to hide her guilt and go through with her plan without any hesitation. One the other hand though‚ it also means that deep inside her‚ she isn’t how she’s acting because she asking spirits for this privilege. This quote proves that Lady Macbeth is the person who started Macbeth off and that she

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    Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

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    2When he says that Duncan will leave "to-morrow‚" she responds‚ "O‚ never / Shall sun that morrow see!" (1.5.60-61). The sun will rise‚ but not on a tomorrow in which Duncan is alive. She goes on to give him a little advice‚ which is that "Your face‚ my thane‚ is as a book where men / May read strange matters" (1.5.62-63). In other words‚ he’s not a very good hypocrite. Now we use the word "matter" a little differently‚ and we would say that just by looking at his face‚ anyone could see that something

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    Lady Macbeths Character At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is very eager on taking the throne and would do anything in order to get it‚ even. She is also very controlling over her husband and demanding. We first see Lady Macbeth in the play when she is reading a letter from macbeth who is explaining what his future holds from him according to the three witches‚ which is that he will take on the throne. Lady Macbeth already is very ambitious about this and starts to plan to kill King Duncan

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