Lady Macbeth's Letter From Her Husband Analysis
The revelation of Lady Macbeth’s true form was unsheathed during the first soliloquy, “Hie thee hither, that I may pour spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue. All that impedes thee from the golden round.” We perceive Lady Macbeth’s true intentions as she speaks aloud after reading the letter from her husband, “Brave Macbeth.” She is a conniving and tenacious woman, “Come, you spirits...unsex me here.” She plans to formulate herself and to possess the characteristics of a stereotypical man and to make her blood “thick.” She commands evil spirits to “fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty..” and begs that her “keen knife see not the wound it makes,” meaning that she wishes not to feel guilt from