Macbeth’s relationship with Lady Macbeth Macbeth’s relationship with Lady Macbeth is extremely complex and has many aspects. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth recognizes Macbeth’s ambition and encourages him to seize the throne by any means necessary. “Shall sun that morrow see! Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters.” (1.6.73-74) “Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.” (1.6.76-78) She is the driving force behind Macbeth’s descent into darkness, provoking him into killing King Duncan, then manipulating him to cover up the crime. What beast was’t then, Tha made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you …show more content…
“For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)” (1.2.18) “O valiant cousin! Worthy gentlemen!” (1.2.26) Macbeth’s nobility is questionable and sketchy throughout the play, as he becomes increasingly ruthless and paranoid. “I’ll go no more. I am afraid to think, what I have done. Look on’t again I dare not.” (2.2.65-67) He is haunted by guilt and the fear of being caught. As Macbeth carries on his bloodlust for power, Lady Macbeth turns into the opposite. She is completely torn apart by Macbeth’s actions, and she blames herself for it, wanting to end her own life. She is so caught up in her own guilt to the point where she needs a doctor. This doctor ask the gentlewoman to keep her in check. Unfortunately, later she kills herself. Macbeth feels ashamed, and compares his life to a yellow leaf, symbolizing how short life can be, He believed that it wasn’t her time to die. It’s important to realize that Macbeth’s nobility isn’t completely lost, he still has moments of conscience and regret, But he is ultimately brought down by his own flaws rather than outside