Instead, she stands up and proclaims to the supernatural forces to fill her up with the sinister, evil qualities that would make her plot against King Duncan. ... Sophocles' counterexample against the conventional biases of women being tender and loving is the main character Antigone in his play, Antigone. ... Even with Ismene's continuous warnings and continuous attempts to rationalize Antigone out of burying Polynices, Antigone remains staunch in her position. ... When Lady Macbeth is plotting with Macbeth over the execution of their evil deed, her sinister, evil qualities are show...

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