Thursday, January 2, 2014

What are some quotes that prove Lady Macbeth was only evil because it was necessary for her husbands sake?

Lady Macbeth is often said to be evil from the get go,
this however is not the case, our first meeting with Lady Macbeth see's her reading the
letter sent to her by Macbeth explaining the witches
prophecy.


Lady Macbeth has read the letter and started to
think, at first she is estatic with the news.


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"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what
thou art promised."



It is
then suddenly she realises that for Macbeth to be King, he would have to do away with
Duncan, but he lacks several qualitie that would make this
possible.



"
Yet do i fear thy nature. It is to full o' th' milk of human kidness to catch the
nearest way. thou wouldst be great, are not without ambtion, but without the illness to
attend it"



 She realises that
although Macbeth wants to be King he lacks the scruples to actually become King, it is
with this in mind that she decides to help him, and to do this she has "cross over to
the dark side"


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" Hie thee hither that i may pour my spirits in
thine ear and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden
round which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have the crowned
withall."



the quote
above can be seen as the first glimmer of"evil" from Lady Macbeth and relates directly
to her helping Macbeth.


With this in mind, her
solilquy in the next few lines can also be seen as her embracing evil to help her
husband achieve the throne. Also when she adresses Macbeth upon his arrival home she
tells him



" He
thats coming must be provided for; and you shall put this nights great business under my
dispatch, which shall to all our nights and days to come give solely soverign sway and
masterdom."



This
again highlights her plans to help her husband become King, whilst at the same time
being"evil".


Other examples can include her
telling Macbeth off in Act one Scene 7, when he tries to "chicken out" of killing the
King, Lady Macbeth has already scarificed so much to get this fair (namely her giving up
being a "woman") that she wades further into the darknes to help her hsband achieve
King. I would recomend quoting from line 35-45, 48-59 and finally towards the
conclusion of the scene where she outlines the plan to kill
Duncan.



hope this
helps

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