She immediately forces Macbeth to act on the witches prophecies and murder Duncan in his sleep. Later, when Macbeth becomes uncertain about committing the crime, it is his wife who goads and belittles him guilting him into doing something he does not necessarily want to do. When Macbeth returns with the bloody dagger after killing the King, Lady Macbeth gets angry and calls him a coward, questioning his manhood, again manipulating her husband to get what she wants – the
Act 3:2 shows the guilt of both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as they yet have to kill Banquo, who he suspects the duo have killed Duncan. Their lines earlier in the scene show a mood full of tension and anxiety. However, due to each other’s presence they become stronger, braver and darker. The scene starts with Lady Macbeth who is now Queen Macbeth due to the death of Duncan and the crowning of Macbeth. She states after the servant leaves: ‘tis safer to be that we destroy, than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy’ (7-8).
After all the guests have left, Macbeth reflects that, ‘… blood will have blood.’ He thinks that Banquo’s ghost wants revenge, and this adds a new dimension to his guilt and fear of the ghost’s return. Unlike Macbeth, his wife does not openly show her guilt and fear, but has dreams where she exclaims, ‘What, will these hands ne’er be clean?’ and ‘Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes /of Arabia will not sweeten
Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits of darkness and evil to replace her nurturing and feminine qualities with remorseless cruelty. Macbeth is appalled of the thought of killing his king and can think of many reasons for not going ahead with the murder. So Lady Macbeth manipulates him by accusing him of being a coward and unmanly, until he agrees to proceed with the murder. Lady Macbeth presents her plan that when Duncanâs servants are asleep, he will enter Duncanâs chamber and kill him. Macbeth carries out this murder so the third prophecies will be fulfilled.
Lady Macbeth is willing to do anything to make this prophecy a reality. As part of her plan, she determines that she must persuade Macbeth to murder Duncan. However, she fears that Macbeth’s kindness will hamper her ambitions: Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. (1.5. 13-18) Lady Macbeth voices her concern over Macbeth’s nature, stating that he is “too full o’ the milk of human kindness” to commit the murder that Lady Macbeth desires.
Lady Macbeth tried to cover Macbeth’s guilty conscience by saying that the things that the servants said didn’t mean anything, Macbeth feels terrible about what he had done. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that if he thinks about what he just did he will go crazy. Macbeth’s guilty conscience keeps telling him that what he has done is very wrong and that he should not listen to his wife anymore but by him being so vulnerable Lady Macbeth takes full advantage of that and tells him that he should just forget about it and what’s done is
(Mac 3.2. 8-9) As guilt overcame Lady Macbeth, she said she would rather die than live with such a large amount of compunction. It's amazing how people change. At first, Lady
Before he goes to sleep he tells Lady Macbeth, "All causes shall give way: I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er:" (Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 168-170) Here Macbeth realizes that he went so far down this path of evil that it’s impossible for him to ever make up what he has done. Like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth realizes what associating herself with the murders will bring her and it torments her through nightmares. She begins to sleep walk and cries, “Out, damned spot, out, I say!...What, will these hands ne’er be clean?…Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of / Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines, 37-55) The blood symbolizes Lady Macbeth’s guilt over Duncan’s murder. Her hallucination of the blood on her hands and her constant efforts to wash it off shows the suffering of having a guilty conscience, which is causing her to go insane.
Point- The character Lady Macbeth places a plan to provide Macbeth false security. She states that security is a man’s most evil enemy. Quote 1- For example, when Hectate states "And you all know, security / Is mortals' chiefest enemy," (3.5. 32-33) Explain- Concluding sentence- Body Paragraph 4 Topic sentence- Point- Lady Macbeth fears that her husband does not have the courage to take the challenges to become a king; she tries different approaches and tactics to overcome her husband’s fears. Quote 1- Explain- When the lady Macbeth said unsex me here she went to the spirits to make her less lady like Quote 2- "too full o' the milk of human kindness" Concluding sentence- Concluding paragraph Thesis restate- The play Macbeth briefly demonstrates a significant role within the characters using quick tactics and strategies to manipulate and use super natural powers to have influence over others.
It reveals Lady Macbeth's diabolical nature: instead of advising him against believing the witches' prediction that he would become king she decides to incite him to murder Duncan. She knows fully well that her husband could become king of Scotland only by murdering Duncan. It reveals that Macbeth is "too full o' the milk of human kindness" and how she plans to "chastise him with the valour of her tongue" to fulfil their ambitions, this quote also shows some disturbance in Lady Macbeth because it sounds quite manly and unfeminine. This clearly indicates that Lady Macbeth is the dominant partner in their marriage and that although Macbeth is a brave and courageous military commander he can be easily manipulated by his wife. This has led many critics to conjecture whether Lady Macbeth herself is a witch in human form.