Wednesday 11 May 2011

What quotes in Macbeth reveal Lady Macbeth's ambition and desire to be queen?

Ladyis a
character with two sides. One side is the ruthlessly ambitious woman who wants her husband to
wear the crown of Scotland, no matter what it takes. For this, she is willing to
"unsex" herself, as she puts it and is practically willing to sell her soul to the
devil to achieve her goals. Beneath this, however, is a gentler, more stereotypically womanly
side to her personality: the one which can't murderbecause he reminds her of her own father
(though she is capable of goadinginto it) and the side that is so overwhelmed with guilt that
she later sleepwalks constantly...
















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