Lady Macbeth is often considered to be Shakespeare’s most famous and evil female character. We see that she is much stronger, more ambitious and more ruthless than her husband through out the play. Lady Macbeth is the one that convinces Macbeth that he must commit the murders so that he can become more powerful. We also see a more complex side to her personality. We see her battle with herself when she has to balance her ambition with the social constraints that have been placed upon her as a woman.
We see many instances of Lady Macbeth being much stronger and more determined to achieve her aspirations of becoming powerful and important than Macbeth. When Macbeth is first confronted with a situation where he will have to commit a murder to continue his rise to king, he is very uncertain and struggles with the idea. He says that he is not afraid of the crime itself, but instead the consequences of such a violent act, “If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were......

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Title: Lady Macbeth
Approximate Word Count: 645
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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