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Lady Macbeth (fiend-like queen) - Coggle Diagram
Lady Macbeth (fiend-like queen)
Ambitious
She was not afraid to talk down Macbeth, at the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth plays a very selfish role by having the desire to kill Duncan for Macbeth to become king but also for herself to become queen, she refuses to have a child as it would get in the way of taking the throne: "But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we will not fail."
very ambitious to kill Duncan which is shown by her fear of Macbeth being, "Too full o'th'milk of human kindness."
Lady Macbeth is even more determined than Macbeth. She can only be Queen if he becomes King so when he hesitates she persuades him to have enough courage to do it.
Masculine traits
Lady Macbeth sees her gender as a weakness and wants to become a man, "Unsex me here," and, "Come to my women breasts and take my milk for gall."
She begins the play as a strong-willed woman who has stereotypical male traits, she is very power seeking, willing to harm anyone in her way and even wished she could have killed Duncan: "come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty."
She is very dominant over Macbeth, this is seen when Macbeth hesitates to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth then questions Macbeth's manhood: "Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue. All that impedes thee from he golden round."
Shown to be more powerful than Macbeth as she uses the personal pronoun in, "Under my battlements."
Evil
Shown to have link to the witches as she says, "Come you spirits that tend on mortal thought."
She shows no remorse after the death of Duncan, when she says, "Give me the daggers."
Her cunning intentions are implied by, "Fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty."
Lady Macbeth suggests that the idea of killing Duncan with a euphemism when she says, "He that's coming must be provided for."
Her evil desires are shown by, "Look like the innocent flower but the serpent under't"
Macbeth is distraught after he has killed Duncan. Lady Macbeth manipulates him and tells him that he has nothing to worry about and is perfectly calm though Macbeth is hysterical. She grabs Macbeth's hands and cleanses them, showing him how simple it is to cleanse and move on from murdering an innocent person, "A little water clears us of this deed. How easy is it then!"
Maniuplative
She is dominant over Macbeth, she controls and persuades him to kill Duncan and questions his manhood: "Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue. All that impedes thee from he golden round."
Manipulates Macbeth to kill Duncan when she orders him by saying, "Screw your courage to the sticking place."
When Macbeth kills Banquo and the Ghost appears in front of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth calms him down and convinces him to continue speaking to the guests rather than focus on Banquo, she even says that he has been a bit sick to cover up Macbeths seeing the ghost.