What is lady Macbeth's reaction to her husband's letter?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015] reacted ambitiously, selfishly, and unscrupulously after reading her husband's letter. In Act 1 Scene 5 of the Shakespearean play, she read her husband's letter about an unexpected royal visit and witchly predictions of a royal future for the Macbeths. She responded to the royal visit only in terms of the foul opportunities that it afforded for a quick realization of a royal future for her and her husband. She showed her ambitiousness in thinking only of how to become Queen of Scotland. She showed her selfishness in rejecting her husband's preferred kinder, gentler means to advancing on the job and in the world. And she showed her unscrupulousness in choosing foul means over fair to make her ambitious dreams reality.

Answer 2

She thinks the witches could be just tricking them. NO! She never worries about that (Macbeth does but she doesn't). She worries that Macbeth is insufficiently ambitious (since he is not an unusually ambitious man), and that he will be "too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.

In other words, she worries that he is too nice to murder the king unless she persuades him to do it. And she's right. So to persuade him to join her in the killing of King Duncan, she sends him back a letter telling him of her plans for the future. These are some introductory paragraphs but I think this is what it may have looked like: My dear lord Macbeth,

I am rejoicing for the great news which you bring me, and you need not worry, my good lord, for I shall not tell anyone of this. However what I am to write herein may concern you, but, I write as I must, because my greatest fear is that without my guidance you shall not be able to take your rightful place on the throne.

You are thane of Glamis,and recently, Cawdor too, and in time you shall become the third and most powerful of the witches predictions. King. But my fear is that you're nature is too soft and kind hearted, and you are to full of human kindness to do what must be done. You have great ambition. But without an evil mind and coldness of heart, to get you to the throne you shall be cheated of what is rightfully yours, O worthy lord.

Answer 3

She thinks that it would be great to be the queen like the witches predicted, and that the "nearest way" would be to kill Duncan, but that Macbeth was not ruthless enough, too "full of the milk of human kindness" to commit cold-blooded murder.

Answer 4

Lady Macbeth became more ambitious as she read her husband's letter about the predictions of the three witches. She expressed that ambition in an increasingly violent, selfish and aggressive way. Ultimately, she called upon the forces of evil for help in claiming the throne for her husband and herself. She made it clear that she brooked no opposition, no second opinions, no weakness from her husband in their bloody mission. Likewise did she make it clear that she wouldn't stop short of total victory for her and her husband, or of total destruction for her sovereign and guest, King Duncan I.

Answer 5

She says it "hath transported" her. She is elated by the prospect of becoming Queen, but afraid that unless she is absolutely ruthless, Macbeth will be too full of the milk of human kindness to actually commit the murder. She is a shrewd judge of Macbeth's character at this stage of the play--her predictions come true.

Answer 6

Lady Macbeth reads the letter and immediately thinks of murder.

Answer 7

After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, the gets big plans about becoming queen and soliloquy about becoming a male.