Lady Macbeth's Dialogue Effects

Lady Macbeth and her Dialogue’s Effects In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the character Lady Macbeth own dialogue effects the ways of how a reader can characterize her and her actions. Her use of metaphors is a way her dialogue can affect her characterization because she portrays herself as a dangerous and ambitious woman. Lady Macbeth effectively uses this to compare her husband to a baby still feeding from her mother’s breasts when she says “Yet do I fear thy nature, It is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way” (V.i.14-16). Her dialogue has an effect on her characterization because if she where to talk in a more kind and sensible manner, the reader would think otherwise of her. Although in reality, Lady Macbeth is dangerous

Another way Lady Macbeth’s dialogue effects how she is characterized is by her use of imagery, which makes her character come to life in the reader’s mind. In her argument with Macbeth about keeping promises to each other she uses vivid imagery to assist the point “I would … Have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn” (VII.i.56-58). The dialogue used to make Lady Macbeth come to life assists in her characterization because of how vivid we can visualize her actions. Her uses of imagery help bring out her true self which proves she is dangerous and ambitious. Also the dialogue to Macbeth shows she is unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy towards others. In another case, Lady Macbeth’s dialogue effects the way she is characterized is by her use of forceful tone. She uses this to assist her to get her point across and make it sink into another character’s mind. Lady Macbeth uses her tone to her advantage while settling Macbeth to kill King Duncan “I am settled … False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (VII.i.80 & 82). By making points in the tone that Lady Macbeth does, she really proves the