Topic > Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by Shakespeare - 555

Shakespeare's play “Macbeth”, considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, both very important characters, change radically throughout the play. To the first lady Macbeth seemed confident, assertive, and the dominant partner. She was cold-blooded and cruel, but then became nervous, scared and suicidal. Soon the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth ends up on a rocky path. She is the one who influenced and pushed Macbeth to kill Duncan to have more power, so that Macbeth could become king and they could be very rich and have a lot of power. At the beginning of the book Macbeth was given the position of Thane of Cawdor. , but Lady Macbeth wanted more, she wanted to be powerful and rich, which is why she and Macbeth decided to kill Duncan in their home. However it takes a lot of convincing on Lady Macbeth's part for her to join him. “We will proceed no further in this matter” (1.7) This is Macbeth at the beginning of the play saying that he will have no part in killing Duncan. “Close access and passage to remorse, which no scrupulous visit...