In Act 1, Lady Macbeth states, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" (1.5.25), meaning that she wants to use her evil influence to convince Macbeth to act against Duncan. ... She primarily pushes him to do that which he would not be able to do on his own. ... At one point when Macbeth is disagreeing with her plan of killing Duncan, she puts into doubt his manliness, "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? ... Through the ambitions of his wife, the witches' predictions and also his ambition, he has caused his own downfall and demise. ... Macbet...

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Macbeth thinks for ages about the deed, but Lady Macbeth makes sure he does it by making remarks such as, "And live a coward in thine own esteem," Which means that she can't believe he won't do, he is a coward a wimp she is saying I would do it but I am a woman. ... Lady Macbeth pushed Macbeth into doing by saying, "And live a coward in thine own esteem," Also things like are you a man or a mouse. ...

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In the play, "Macbeth," animal imagery is an important device used to bring light to change. For example, the chain of being is mentioned many times throughout the play, and is used to emphasize the rising action reaching the climax. In the first battle, when the soldier is explaining the outcome o...

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We see her as she analyses his virtues and weaknesses and decides to overcome his scruples, "hie thee hither That I may pour my spirits at thine ear" Is there any evidence here as to why she wishes him to be king? Overcome By Ambition - When she calls on the powers of evil to unsex her and make her cruel, does this imply that she fears her own womanliness and realises the unnaturalness of the murder of Duncan? ...

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In line 24 Lady Macbeth says, "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear." ... Her insights into Macbeth's nature seem to be supported by his own asides because his asides show him to be very indecisive and confused. ... In other words, she would not hesitate to kill her own child for a greater cause. ...

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"This even-handed justice commends the ingredience of our poison"d chalice to our own lips." ... Shortly after Macbeth told his wife his reasons against killing Duncan, she accused him of being a "coward in thine own esteem" and "letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would"" (Shakespeare, I, vii, 43-44) The latter was comparing him to the miserable cat, which the proverb said, "would eat fish, but would not wet her feet." ... She was forced, under her own circumstance, to bring out the worse she could think of. ... Lady Macbeth said all this hopping to point out that if she could do such a thing, ...

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