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Lady Macbeth
“Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
And fill me from the crown to the toe top full
Of direst cruelty…”

This is 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 is filling herself with pure cruelty to be able to accomplish her plans of betrayal against King Duncan.

I.5.38-40.

“Your hand, your tongue; look like th’ innocent flower,
But be the serpent under’t”

Here Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to pretend to be innocent so that he can fool people that he’s on their side. In the mean time, while the night shadows protect him from his evil intensions, he will be able to attack the King. This is an excellent quote to show how evil and ruthless Lady Macbeth is. In fact it is Lady Macbeth who’s telling Macbeth to lay low and pretend to be loyal to King Duncan when in true fact, he is plotting against King Duncan and ends up killing the king. Also, by saying your hand, your tongue, Lady Macbeth is trying to indicate to Macbeth that he has to be completely taking part in the mission.

I.5. 63-64.

“Leave all the rest to me”

This quote shows the way Lady Macbeth takes complete control over Macbeth. Lady Macbeth continues to persuade Macbeth into her evil plan to be able to succeed in the attempt for Macbeth to become king. This quote also gives the impression that she’s hiding some parts of her cruel plan from him so that he only has to worry about murdering King Duncan. She’s hiding the background of the actual situation. This is one of the most powerful quotes said by

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