How Does Lady Macbeth Convince Her Husband To Kill Duncan
In Act 1 Scenes 5 - 7 of ‘Macbeth’, How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to kill king Duncan? Focus on her language in Act 1 Scenes 5 -7 in your answer.
In this essay I will be focusing on the language used by Lady Macbeth throughout the play and how she uses it to convince her husband to murder the King. At the beginning of the play, when Macbeth is on the way back from battle, he has already begun thinking about what the three witches had said and killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth, who appears to be driven by hopes and dreams of becoming queen, finally persuades her husband by breaking him down emotionally and picking at each of his weakest points.
Lady Macbeth is a very ambitious woman, she only sees what she thinks …show more content…
“unsex me here and fill me from top to toe full of direst cruelty”. This show that she is capable of committing the act whilst she has no womanly feelings. This is the first time she shows herself as being truly evil as her voice ferocious and strong whereas before she would talk to her husband very softly which now portrays her as a rather violent …show more content…
“What beast wasn’t then that made you break this promise to me? When you durst do it then you were a man.” By saying this she manages to make Macbeth feel bad enough about breaking the promise, that he decides to go on with their plan to kill the
In this essay I will be focusing on the language used by Lady Macbeth throughout the play and how she uses it to convince her husband to murder the King. At the beginning of the play, when Macbeth is on the way back from battle, he has already begun thinking about what the three witches had said and killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth, who appears to be driven by hopes and dreams of becoming queen, finally persuades her husband by breaking him down emotionally and picking at each of his weakest points.
Lady Macbeth is a very ambitious woman, she only sees what she thinks …show more content…
“unsex me here and fill me from top to toe full of direst cruelty”. This show that she is capable of committing the act whilst she has no womanly feelings. This is the first time she shows herself as being truly evil as her voice ferocious and strong whereas before she would talk to her husband very softly which now portrays her as a rather violent …show more content…
“What beast wasn’t then that made you break this promise to me? When you durst do it then you were a man.” By saying this she manages to make Macbeth feel bad enough about breaking the promise, that he decides to go on with their plan to kill the