William Shakespeare is without a doubt the most popular playwright in the history of the theatre. Shakespeare wrote over thirty plays, and none more popular than “Macbeth.”
“Macbeth,” a tragedy in five acts, is based on episodes in the life of a king of Scotland, who lived from 1005-1057. Both Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, have a driving ambition that turns each of them into a spiral of guilt and evil. No character in any of Shakespeare’s plays undergoes such a radical change as that which transforms Lady Macbeth from a nearly superhuman character in the first act of Macbeth into a sleep-walking zombie at the start of the fifth and final act in the play.

When we first meet Lady Macbeth she is in the Inverness reading a letter from Macbeth (I.V). While reading the letter she finds that three witches have told Macbeth that he shall be the Thane of Cawdor but most importantly that he will be king. Upon hearing this news Lady Macbeth immediately begins to scheme......

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Title: Lady Macbeth
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