Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

1. Lacks humanity

2. In act three scene 4, the pace of events come too much for her and she becomes mentally deranged

3. Dominant/Bossy

   • One of the most powerful characters in the play
   • When Lady Macbeth is persuading and impairing Macbeth's thoughts to make him kill the king, in Act 1 Scene 5.
     • Taunts her husband for his lack of courage
     • 'That i may pour my spirits in thine ear'
     • Manipulative
       • Lady Macbeth manipulated Duncan into thinking she was lovely and innocent , to make her seem less likely to be a suspect of killing him
         • 'see,see our honoured hostess. - The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love'
       • When the alarm bell rings, Lady Macbeth acts innocent to manipulate the audience into thinking that she had nothing to do with Duncan's murder
         • "Woe, alas, What, in our house?"

4. Guilt

   • Lady Macbeth was haunted by her actions and words that led to Macbeth killing Duncan, this was too much for her to keep inside, therefore, came out as sleep talk.
     • "Out damned spot, Out, I say! One, two."
       • "What will these hands ever be clean? No more of that, my lord, no more of that"

5. Decieptful

   • Lady Macbeth was behind the plan for getting Macbeth to be king, therefore, she would become queen.
     • "Hie, thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear"
   • Lady Macbeth noticed that Macbeth still had the bloody dagger, therefore to make them seem innocent she knew that Macbeth needed to plant the dagger with the guards.
     • "Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers!"