Deadly Intelligence And Ambition In Lady Macbeth By William Shakespeare

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Lady Macbeth’s deadly intelligence and ambition dominate over that of her husband. When comparing the two characters for whom may have had the most stalwart ambition, I feel that it is quite clear that it must be Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is the first to spawn the idea of killing Duncan to gain the throne for her husband, she then begins to slowly cultivate and persuade her husband into executing this plan along with her when Duncan comes over with his family for dinner. At first it seems that the plan was doomed to fail as Macbeth is very hesitant to commit the horrendous deed, for fear of being caught in the act and facing the repercussions of his action. It is Lady Macbeth that is able to set the plan into motion afterwards when she

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