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Deceitful, Manipulative, Sinful: Lady Macbeth The book Macbeth by William Shakespeare is about a general in King Duncan’s army, Macbeth. He meets three witches, who foretell that he will be made Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. He finds that the first prophecy comes true and becomes excited about the second one coming true. He waits but becomes impatient and with the push of his wife, he murders the king to come into power. In this play Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to show that ambitious, lying, manipulative people don’t finish first, to say the least. Lady Macbeth was a severely manipulative and deceitful character. It is shown throughout the play that, to further her own powers and position, she will deceive and change people. At the party of the new kings crowning, her husband, she lied about her husband’s infirmity so that he would not be considered to be ill suited to stay king. Her deceit might have even assisted MacDuff to cause her husbands murder. It is said in proverbs 6 that â€Å"A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, who plots evil with deceit in his heart he always stirs up dissension.† This explains that deceitful people stir up trouble. Lady Macbeth’s deceit extends even to the murder of the king. Her ambition clouded the soon to be Kings mind, because of her ambition, into thinking that the only way that he would become king to slay the king himself. It is clear said in the bible in Galatians 5 t hat â€Å"The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality...selfish ambition†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Because of her selfish ambition due to sin she killed three people. Lady Macbeth with her deceitful, manipulative, sinful nature, because of selfish ambitions, caused the murder of three people. She manipulated and lied to her husband and caused his death and him to murder. Also, in the end, in my opinio... Free Essays on Lady Macbeth Free Essays on Lady Macbeth Deceitful, Manipulative, Sinful: Lady Macbeth The book Macbeth by William Shakespeare is about a general in King Duncan’s army, Macbeth. He meets three witches, who foretell that he will be made Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. He finds that the first prophecy comes true and becomes excited about the second one coming true. He waits but becomes impatient and with the push of his wife, he murders the king to come into power. In this play Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to show that ambitious, lying, manipulative people don’t finish first, to say the least. Lady Macbeth was a severely manipulative and deceitful character. It is shown throughout the play that, to further her own powers and position, she will deceive and change people. At the party of the new kings crowning, her husband, she lied about her husband’s infirmity so that he would not be considered to be ill suited to stay king. Her deceit might have even assisted MacDuff to cause her husbands murder. It is said in proverbs 6 that â€Å"A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, who plots evil with deceit in his heart he always stirs up dissension.† This explains that deceitful people stir up trouble. Lady Macbeth’s deceit extends even to the murder of the king. Her ambition clouded the soon to be Kings mind, because of her ambition, into thinking that the only way that he would become king to slay the king himself. It is clear said in the bible in Galatians 5 t hat â€Å"The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality...selfish ambition†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Because of her selfish ambition due to sin she killed three people. Lady Macbeth with her deceitful, manipulative, sinful nature, because of selfish ambitions, caused the murder of three people. She manipulated and lied to her husband and caused his death and him to murder. Also, in the end, in my opinio... Free Essays on Lady MacBeth Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is quite possibly one of the most intriguing characters in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. The wife of the protagonist, Lady Macbeth is a complex character who undergoes a major transition throughout the course of the play. Readers and audiences alike can clearly see her go from one end of the spectrum to the other; she begins as a take-control, no-regrets-type woman, but slowly changes into a mass of guilt and confusion by the end of the play. When Lady Macbeth first hears of the Witches’ prophecy for her husband, she states that he is too cowardly to do what needs to be done, so she plans the first murder herself. After reading his letter, she begins by telling herself that he lacks the innate qualities to carry out such deeds in the following passage: Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What though art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. (1. 5. 15) Soon after she is heard asking the spirits, â€Å"Unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty (1. 5. 48).† In this line we understand that Lady Macbeth is asking for the traditionally male qualities of ruthlessness, lack of fear, and the means by which hideous crimes may be committed. These passages clearly convey a sense of determination, in which Lady Macbeth shows her strength and views regarding the situation at hand. When Macbeth expresses concern and doubt about killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth tears into his words as if his opinion were worthless. Macbeth acknowledges that Duncan is a good man, and had helped him many times, so it would be terribly wrong to kill such a man. Lady Macbeth both denounces his manhood and uses disturbing imagery to convey her thoughts. I have given suck, and I know How tender ‘tis to l... Free Essays on Lady Macbeth â€Å"Lady Macbeth is a powerful and dramatic character, but her death at the end of the play is no surprise to the audience.† Discuss this statement with close reference to the text. â€Å"Macbeth† is one of the most famous tragedies written in the Elizabethan times by William Shakespeare for King James 1. Set in Scotland, it details the story of man, so desperate for the status of king, that he will do anything to achieve it. As an established ‘good and hardy soldier’, and quite content within that role, Macbeth is surprised to find some witches who predict his reign as king. ‘All hail Macbeth! who shalt be king hereafter.’ (Act 1 scene 3) On informing his wife, Lady Macbeth, he soon embarks on a killing spree that doesn’t end until both partners’ demise. However, Macbeth could not have committed the first few crimes without the help and insistence of his wife. She acts as the fate the witches spoke of to make him king and yet i ronically is mainly responsible for aggravating Macbeth’s struggle between morality and ambition. She has a hugely diverse character, and this helps plant the seed of Macbeth’s, and her own, eventual downfall. Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth at the beginning of the play, telling her of his experiences with the ‘weird sisters’. ‘They met me in the day of success: and I have learned by the perfect’st report, they have more in them than mortal knowledge.’ (Act1 scene 5) After she has read the letter, she is determined to make the witches’ prophesy come true. She imagines that she has the capability to be a remorseless and determined villain. However in reality this is just an act, and in fact her true self possesses no such traits. This is obvious when she makes a huge effort to get herself into a murderous state of mind, crying out, ‘Come you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from th e crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!’ Lady Macbet...