Throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakspear we see a pattern where characters’ emotions cloud their judgment. In particular, Lady Macbeth is known to be emotional, and make last minute decisions. Throughout the play, Macbeth is told that he will become king, however he is also told that Banquo’s kids will become king, and therefore he will lose his position. This upsets Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, causing them to make unfavorable decisions on how to make the visions true in their favor. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s actions are being controlled by the emotions of greed, fear, and jealousy.
Firstly, Lady Macbeth begins to ask the spirits to hide her fear. She shows this when she asks the spirits to make her masculine and cruel. This is
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“What, will these hands ever be clean?” In this quote, she is referring to a spot of Duncan’s blood that she is hallucinating. This quote in turn shows how obsessed she had become with the murder, that she starts losing her mind. Additionally, her obsession is made clear in act one once Macbeth starts at the idea of murdering Duncan, and her fixation of him becoming king begins. From here, Macbeth tells lady Macbeth the plan, and Lady Macbeth takes charge of the plan by telling Macbeth what to do and when to do so. A good example of this is when she yells at him for not smearing the blood of the duggars on the servants after the murder in act …show more content…
First, we see her being controlled by her greed as the visions from the witches come through in scenes one and two. As this happens, we see her greed, as she mentions through the play over and over what the witches promise Macbeth, and how they need to make the visions come true. We also know this because when Macbeth is debating the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth forces him into it by telling him about how she is more masculine than him. We see this not only in her dialogue throughout the play, but also her actions. A good example of this is in scene two where she says “Give me the 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.” (Shakespeare 2.2.53). In this scene, Lady Macbeth has tried to change herself to get what she wants because she is overcome with greed. We see that she was unable to kill Duncan, however she is still willing to smear blood and frame innocents to get what she