There are many points throughout the book where Lady Macbeth proves to be an evil person with an evil agenda. She plays a big part in the story's plot, negatively impacting it. She exhibits a very extreme way of showing her thoughts and feelings throughout the story, typically in a disturbing way. Lady Macbeth is not an admirable character for several reasons.
Lady Macbeth is heartless and cruel. She shows this in a quote that reads, "How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out had I so sworn as you have done to this." (Act 1: Scene 7: Lines 55-59). This quote illustrates how Lady Macbeth has no regard for anyone or anything else, proven by this quote when she talks about how she would rather smash the brain out of her child than have Macbeth not kill the current King and take his place.
Lady Macbeth is also power-hungry. To Macbeth, she says, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised." (Act 1: Scene 5: Lines 14-15). Lady Macbeth says this while conversating with Macbeth about how
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In their relationship, Lady Macbeth is the one who makes the decisions and holds the power. An excellent example of this is when Macbeth has mixed feelings about killing King Duncan; Lady Macbeth says, "What beast was not, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man." (Act 1: Scene 7: Lines 47-51). Macbeth replies, "I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none" (Act 1: Scene 7: Lines 46-47). Lady Macbeth accuses Macbeth of not being man enough and calls him a coward because he is unsure about killing King Duncan. Macbeth responds by reassuring her he is willing to do what is necessary to be a man and eventually