In the Tragedy of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth exhibits a greater capacity for evil than Macbeth. For example when Lady Macbeth is speaking to Macbeth after he starts to reconsider the plan, she says, “Art thou afeard/To be the same thine own act and valor/As thou art in desire” (I,vii,39-41). In this scene Lady Macbeth tries to manipulate her husband to kill Duncan by calling him a coward. As a man, Macbeth takes her comments very harshly and gets manipulated to continue the assasination plot. This scene shows that Lady Macbeth has a greater capacity for evil because she will do whatever it takes to gain power; even if it is to plot the murder of her king while he is sleeping in her home. In addition when Lady Macbeth is yelling at Macbeth saying,