Macbeth: Lady Macbeth and Evil


In a play that is abundant in evil occurrences, Lady Macbeth is the
overriding source of evil in the first act. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to
kill Duncan, despite Macbeth listing eight reasons against the murder. When
Macbeth is alone, we discover that he is a loyal thane to Duncan, not a
murdering savage. When Duncan is in his house at Inverness, Macbeth comes to a
decision not to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth, who decided
strongly against murdering Duncan, to go ahead with their plan to murder Duncan.
Lady Macbeth is very successful at persuading him to do things that he knows are
wrong. Macbeth is not an evil person, but when he is allowed to be influenced by
Lady Macbeth, he is vulnerable to committing deeds he knows are wrong. Lady
Macbeth entirely breaks the stereotype of women being kind and benevolant in the
first act. After Macbeth writes home telling of his murderous plans, Lady
Macbeth begins talking to evil spirits.......

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