Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

1. "look like th' innocent flower but be the serpent under 't"

   • LM is a cunning character
   • Act innocent but still be evil

2. She is clever and quick witted as she came up with the plan to kill Duncan

3. Ambitious and ruthless

   • "Too full o' th' milk of human kindness"
     • Macbeth,at this point, is too kind which makes him a coward and stops him achieving his ambition

4. Guilty

   • Macbeth's are opposites M starts guilty and ends cruel whereas LM starts cruel and ends guilty
   • She keeps washing her hands in her sleep in an attempt to wash Duncan's blood off her hands
   • She wanted what was best for M but now sees that she was wrong to drive his ambitions forward.