The Dynamicity of Lady MAcbeth - 509 Words

The strive and ambition for power can seem to be utter perfection, but one should be careful what they wish for because that power and ambition may cause their eventual downfall. An example of this would be shown in Lady Macbeth’s character in William Shakespeare’s â€Å"Macbeth†. Lady Macbeth’s strive for power leads her into a dark tunnel of guilt and a battle with herself subconsciously and consciously. For one thing when Lady Macbeth hears of her husband’s newly gained title of Thane of Cawdor, and the witches’ prophecy, her immediate thoughts are of murdering the King. The witches said that it was fate that would bring Macbeth the throne, so the fact that Lady Macbeth displays early signs of dark ambitions so quickly is quite startling and conveys her lust for power. At one point Lady Macbeth states: â€Å"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be/ What thou art promised. Yet I do fear thy nature. / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great;/ Art not without ambition, but without/ The illness should attend it†, by this, Lady Macbeth expresses her belief that her husband is not of evil nature, and therefore will not to murder the king (I, v, 25-30). More ruthless than her husband, Lady Macbeth exploits her ambitions to help her get what she wants, for example, manipulating Macbeth to kill their ruler. Lady Macbeth, unlike her husband, holds no loyalties to King Duncan, causing her to feel detached and the decision to kill