Monday, November 18, 2013

What is Lady Macbeth's assessment of her husband in Macbeth?

In the early section of the play, Lady Macbeth demonstrates that
she is very devoted to her husband and truly aims to support his ambitions when she reads the
letter reporting on the witches' prophecy. She essentially vows to ensure that Macbeth will get
what he has been promised by whatever means necessary and then calls on spirits to give her the
strength and malice to pursue this goal. However, Lady Macbeth also knows the loyalty that
Macbeth feels towards Duncan and feels as though his kindness will impede his willingness to act
in order to gain his ambitious goals. This is demonstrated by Lady Macbeth's continuous
questioning of Macbeth's manhood and implication that he is cowardly. Moreover, upon completing
the murder it is evident that Lady Macbeth finds her husband to be weak and even incompetent when
he returns with the bloody daggers. This assessment of Macbeth as weak quickly fades to fear when
Macbeth murders the guards to cover up their crime. Moreover, as the play progresses it is clear
that Lady Macbeth feels more and more remorse for their actions while Macbeth seems to become
more and more immune to the bloodshed. By Act 3, Lady Macbeth feels incredible concern for
Macbeth's mental state, even begging him to sleep so that he might regain his original sanity
back. It is clear that in the final section of the play that although Lady Macbeth does love
Macbeth her intense fear and displeasure about who he has become ultimately leads in part to her
own terrible end.

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