We are already aware that Lady Macbeth thinks her husband is "too full o'th milk of human kindness" from Act I and had she not convinced his to murder the king none of the trouble they are encountering would have occurred. ... Lady Macbeth is focussed with the practical detail, whereas Macbeth is wrapped up in his own guilt. ... However, this does not seem the case later in the play, (in Act 5). Act II Scene 2 is a good example of Shakespeare creating a sudden dramatic scene, different from previous scenes in the play. ... He is like this until Lady Macbeth takes the situation into her...

• Word Count: 1620
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

By Act 3 Scene 1, Macbeth is becoming more ruthless and determined, in that he is wanting to kill Banquo, as Banquo is the only person who could possibly suspect Macbeth as the killer of Duncan. ... In Act 3, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth's dominance over Macbeth is demonstrated because even though Macbeth likes to think of himself as a great dictator he still succumbs to the power of his wife. ... Macbeth was powerless to stop Fleance's escape and this is an indication that Macbeth by Act 3 Scene 4 is starting to become out of control. ... In Act 4 Scene 1, it becomes apparent that Macbeth ...

• Word Count: 1480
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth, however, is not a tragedy because we can neither love Macbeth nor believe that he comes to any recognition of his own responsibility for his own downfall. ... In Act I, ii, 75-78, the Captain notes a previous incident in which Macbeth displayed his warrior-like nature: "For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),/Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/Which smoked with bloody execution,/Like valor's minion, carved out his passage/Till he faced the slave;/ Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,/Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,/...

• Word Count: 1270
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Duncan goes to Macbeth's castle in Act I Scene vi, Lady Macbeth is very polite to him. ... Later on in Act II Scene iii, Lady Macbeth pretends to act shocked and sadden by the murder of the king when Macduff tells her about it. ... She begins to act crazy. ... It is suspected that she commits suicide sometime between Act V Scene i and Act V Scene ii. ... Lady Macbeth's actions lead to Macbeth's death, too. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When Macbeth's motives are questioned, Lady Macbeth distracts the confused company. ... Otherwise her conscience would not allow her to act. ... She claims that she can act to "look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under't-. ... Moral Traits: In Act I. sc.7, Macbeth admits to Lady Macbeth that he doesn't want to kill Duncan because Duncan was nice to Macbeth. ... Lady Macbeth starts out looking only at the goal of Macbeth becoming King. ...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The fact that Macbeth is willing to perform an act of pure evil, namely Duncan's murder, on the evidence of an unreliable source suggests that he has evil in him, or is at least susceptible to it, even when being described as a 'hero.' ... The extent to which Macbeth is willing to act tips the scales to the side of his villainous nature. ... In the soliloquy Macbeth's villainous nature becomes apparent as the audience sees that he is hardened to the act he will perform. ... In Act 2, scene 2 Lady Macbeth is anxiously awaiting her husband's ...

• Word Count: 2112
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Act One Scene Seven lines 1-28). ... You can tell that Macbeth is guilty when he sees the hallucination of Banquo at the table in Act 3 Scene 4. ... Macbeth does murder sleep". ... Macbeth is definitely a businessman. ... After Duncan's murder in act 2 scene 2 Macbeth says "This is a sorry sight" whilst looking at his hands in reference to the blood on them and Lady Macbeth remarks that they can simply be washed but he knows he can't wash away his sins. ...

• Word Count: 1874
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" How true an assessment is this of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth? Malcolm said this when he was made King after both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had died. ... Lady Macbeth becomes provocative in her reply as if to appeal to Macbeth "What cannot you and I perform upon Th"unquarded Duncan?" ... Lady Macbeth first appears reading the letter from Macbeth explaining the witches prophecy of his imminent success. ... She does this because she is not capable of the evil and disregard required to act upon her plans as she is. ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School