Changes in the Characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Over the course of the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth significantly change with respect to their characters and their personalities. ... Lady Macbeth's strong power is used to effortlessly persuade her weak husband. ... Macbeth's character is physically strong and mentally weak, and it is this weakness that instigates the downfall and change of Macbeth, whereas Lady Macbeth seems to be quite the opposite of her husband. ... It is this self-confidence plus the persuasiveness of her words that makes Macbeth act without hesitati...

• Word Count: 389
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Furthermore, Duncan alongside his army all trusted Macbeth as he said, "He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust" (Macbeth,I,iv,13-14). ... Upon the first visit with the witches, the Macbeths' marriage was great, as there was no sign of trust issues, but due to Macbeth's flaw of vaulting ambition, he began to trust the witches, and rely on the weird sisters more so than Lady Macbeth. ... When Macbeth began to trust the witches and not even converse with his wife, Macbeth started to lose the trust of his nation, dooming him for failure. ... As for Lady Macbeth...

• Word Count: 860
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate