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Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy

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A soliloquy as presented is a device used by dramatists, commonly Shakespeare to allow a character to express his or her inner thoughts towards the audience. The soliloquy presented was performed by lady Macbeth Act 1, scene 5. This is an interesting soliloquy because it shows the type of character lady Macbeth really is.
Characterisation
Lady Macbeth is one of the most powerful female characters in all of literature. In contrast to her other male counterpart, Macbeth, she lacks all senses of humanity where we can see in her soliloquy, where she calls for the spirits to give her courage to Kill King Duncan. The biggest feature that Shakespeare gave to lady Macbeth is her ambition, more accurately to be queen, and this is the main feature that
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