Macbeth was ready to kill the king. ... The purpose of Macbeth's soliloquy in scene 7 of act 1 was to further characterize him. ... Macbeth is indecisive about killing Duncan. ... This conflict is seen many times in Act 1. ... Macbeth knows that Lady Macbeth wants him to kill the king, but deep down he knows that it is in the wrong thing to do. ...
The weather's excessive reaction to the act exposes its evil: it is so evil that none of the characters has ever seen such horrible consequences. ... (I.i.1-2). Also, when, in act four, scene one, whenever one of the apparitions comes, there is thunder. ... In fact, the first line of the play is the opposite of "iam": "When shall we three meet again" (I.i.1). ... When he is still hesitant to act, she simply attacks him where it hurts, his courage and manhood: "Art thou afeard/ To be the same in thine own act and valour,/ As thou art in desire? ...
Lady Macbeth is his world. ... Macbeth: She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word "(Shakespeare, Act V, Scene V). ... When Macbeth arrives home, Lady Macbeth seems so enthusiastic to see him. ... Lady Macbeth: Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strange matters:-To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it (Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene III). She is telling him that his face can easily be read and that he needs to act like normal, but underne...
(Act 1, Scene 2) referring to his awkward position of now being the stepson of his uncle. ... For these reasons, namely his greedy lust for Desdemona and his need for power and authority, Iago Of all of Shakespeare's powerful females, one of the most recognized is Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth. ... However, murder isn't the only evil act that Lady Macbeth commits in this play. When Lady Macbeth learns that Duncan will be visiting their home, she prays to the devil to release her of "thy nature; (because) it is too full o" the milk of human kindness," (Act 1, Scene 5) so ...
