Macbeth's:
Lady Macbeth -
Macbeth's wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts
for power and position. Early in the play she
seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of
the two, as she urges her husband to kill
Duncan and seize the crown. After the bloodshed
begins, however, Lady Macbeth falls victim to
guilt and madness to an even greater degree
than her husband. Her conscience affects her to
such an extent that she eventually commits
suicide. Interestingly, she and Macbeth are
presented as being deeply in love, and many of
Lady Macbeth's speeches imply that her
influence over her husband is primarily sexual.
Their joint alienation from the world,
occasioned by their partnership in crime, seems
to strengthen the attachment that they feel to
one another.
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