How Is Lady Macbeth A Dynamic Character

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In the Play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth’s evolution throughout Macbeth is an example of how power and ambition can corrupt an individual, as seen by her shift from a confident and manipulative character to one consumed by guilt and madness. This evolution of her character provides insight into the threatening consequences of untamed ambition. At the beginning of the play, we see Lady Macbeth as a confident and manipulative character. She continues to insult Macbeth’s masculinity to push him to kill King Duncan “You want to be powerful, and you don’t lack ambition, but you don’t have the mean streak that these things call for” (Shakespeare I.5.18-20). Lady Macbeth is strong-minded and even at times would have more ambition than Macbeth “Only children are afraid of scary pictures. …show more content…

Lady Macbeth tends to be the devil on Macbeth’s shoulder, telling him what to do and how to do it. In the middle of the play, Lady Macbeth turns into more of a support person for Macbeth when he is spiraling “This is just another one of the hallucinations you always get when you’re afraid” (Shakespeare 3.4.61-62). But she still puts on a brave face and has to remind Macbeth that he needs to “Put on a happy face and look cheerful and agreeable to your guests tonight” (Shakespeare 3.2.28-30). Lady Macbeth is the only soul who knows the deeds that Macbeth has done, she has to carry the weight of the barring secret. At the end of the play, power, guilt, and greed have finally corrupted her mind. She starts to understand what Macbeth is going through with all of his hallucinations because she starts having some of her own. “Come out, damn spot! Out I command

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