Macbeth Writing Task

Macbeth Writing Task

Macbeth is a very complex novel to comprehend and the characters in the play tend to change in different points. Lady Macbeth experienced her change pretty early into the play. She changed from a good-hearted, feminine woman into an evil and corrupt one.

At the first news of her husband, Macbeth's desire to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth was shocked and wasn't sure what to think. After some thought and consideration of what the result of this might be, she decided that it wasn't such a bad idea after all. This is where her evolution begins. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a role switch. Lady Macbeth began persuading her husband that he should kill Duncan and that it was the best thing for him. Macbeth questioned what would happen if they were to fail. In response, Lady Macbeth says, "We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail" (Act I, scene vii), lines 59-61). She is so sure of both herself and Macbeth, and that it is a huge change from when she first read the letter.

Another tactic Lady Macbeth used in order to convince Macbeth was to question his manliness. She implies that he was no longer a man because he was unsure of himself. He replies, "I dare do all that may become a man" (Act I, scene vii, line 46). That is where we see the influence Lady Macbeth has made on her husband's conscience. He is saying that he does all that any other man would do, therefore agreeing to kill Duncan. What kind of a feminine and good-hearted wife would want her husband to kill a man? The changed Lady Macbeth would. If she was ambitious woman looking out for her husband, I doubt that she would encourage a shameful act like murder, which could very easily result in the death of Macbeth as well.

Lady Macbeth was no longer a feminine woman. She was not at all concerned about the wellbeing of her husband and she didn't attempt to stop the ongoing corruption growing within them both. She states, "Give me daggers. The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. 'Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt (Act II scene ii, lines 53-56). She is clearly evil, for the death of her husband and those around her doesn't even make her shudder anymore.

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