Discuss whether or not you feel sympathy for Lady Macbeth

There are certain aspects of Lady Macbeth's character that suggests she is good and therefore her downfall increases my sympathy for her by the end of act 5. But I would also argue that she entailed evil to fuel her sleeping ambition that would make her nemesis, her mental collapse, fully justified.

Lady Macbeth's role as a supporting wife at the start of the play exceeds the duties of a ‘normal' wife. She is the ‘Eve' to Macbeth's ‘Adam' and is tempted. Although Macbeth hints at the idea of taking the crown in his letter home, it is Lady Macbeth's ruthless determination to make him king that persuaded him to murder Duncan. Did she do this in the interests of Macbeth or was it to fulfil her own ambition? I would argue that it was to fulfil her own ambition because she decided straight away that murder was the best option to take without any regard to guilt, in this view I have no sympathy for Lady Macbeth because......

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2. Macbeth: Lady Macbeth And Evil
   

   Macbeth: Lady Macbeth And Evil. ... Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan,
   despite Macbeth listing eight reasons against the murder. ... ...

3. Lady Macbeth
   

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4. Lady Macbeth
   

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5. Macbeth And Lady Macbeth
   

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