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The Domineering Persona of Lady Macbeth

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In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth shared a special relationship full of trust and admiration. Both of them had the ambition to hold the title of “king.” But, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth had differing opinions on how and when they would seize the crown. Although Macbeth carried out the dead, Lady Macbeth was responsible for the crimes in the play because she was the catalyst for convincing Macbeth to murder Duncan, which lead to both his and her destruction. Macbeth was a man with amazing qualities for numerous reasons. He was loyal to the king and his country and everyone liked him. He was trustworthy as well as honest, and this was why he crowned the titles, Thane of Fife and Thane of Cawdor. Ambition was another quality that he had, which at first only pushed him to work hard and achieve things in an honest way, but sadly his wife took advantage of this quality and convinced him to commit crimes in order to better his position. In the first act, Lady Macbeth received a letter from Macbeth that explained his excitement of winning a battle, as well as an explanation about the prophecies he received from the witches. Macbeth told his wife that he wanted to share his future greatness with her, but he spoke nothing of murdering the king in order to advance himself to the higher position. Lady Macbeth brought up the idea of killing Duncan, and Macbeth only considered going through with the plan for several moments, claiming he would “jump the life to come” (41). After this line, everything changes. He questions what kind of man he had become. Macbeth acknowledged at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 7, that “we still have judgment here”, explaining that the king trusted him because he was his “kinsman and his subject [and his host]. This shows Macbeth’s loyalty and respect for Duncan and because of this, he would never commit a crime against him. He was so loyal to the king that he even felt that it was

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