The two-faced Lady MacbethOne of the main characters of the Shakespearean play Macbeth, is Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a two-sided character in this play. She consistently acts differently when she is with her husband than when she is not. There are various examples of this set out in the work. One of the most notable examples of this is contained in Act I, Scene v, when Lady Macbeth reads the letter written to her by Macbeth. Shortly after reading it, he comments that he believes Macbeth is too kind to kill Duncan and that he will need his help, strength, and willpower to commit it. However, after learning that Macbeth is returning home, she calls on evil spirits and other demonic entities to help her. He does this because he realizes that he does not have the willpower to persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan after all. Then, when Macbeth arrives, right after he finishes praying for help, he acts as if he has a heart of stone and as if Macbeth is not a man if he is afraid of killing Duncan. This is a great example of her deception towards him and how she acts differently when she is alone than when she is around him. Another example of her being two-sided is the role she talks about playing in Duncan's death and the role she actually plays in it. There are a few moments in the play, especially when she tries to persuade Macbeth to commit the murder, where she says that he should just leave the killing to her. Over the course of the play he gradually diminishes his role in the murder until it becomes Macbeth's job to kill Duncan, not his. This is another great trick on his part, but one that even Macbeth fails to see; both because he chooses not to, and because he is too naive to realize it. The last notable example of its inconsistency occurs between Act I Scene VII and Act II Scene II. In Act I, scene vii, he severely reprimands Macbeth for having second thoughts about committing the murder. He tries to get rid of his rational thoughts by saying that he must not truly love her if he can change his mind about the murder, which she says he promised her he would do..