What was Lady Macbeth like in act 1 scene 5?

Answer 1

In Act I, scene 5 - Lady Macbeth is characterized as being a strong woman. She has clearly been considering the murder of Duncan for a while, and when she enters reading the report her husband has given her - "They met me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfects report they have more in them than mortal knowledge" - She realizes this is the time for it. She at first, debates being able to do it - her husband is "Too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way" (IE being able to kill Duncan that very night), and then resolves herself to setting the plan in motion "Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear"

After being brought out of her trance momentarily by a message that the king does indeed come to her castle that night, she readies herself to the task by asking the spirits to fill her "Top full of direst cruelty" - so that she does not feel the remorse or guilt, that might keep her from killing him.

When her husband enters, she immediately puts him under her spell, to convince him that the murder is the way to go.

She is a seductress, a strong woman, an enchantress, and above all - ambitious.

Answer 2

"Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o' the milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great;

Art not without ambition, but without

The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly,

That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,

And yet wouldst wrongly win."

Answer 3

Lady Macbeth appears to be a strong women of power. She also knows Macbeth well because she knows that he will try and talk himself out of killing Duncan. Therefor Lady Macbeth wants to unfeminise herself so that she can kill Duncan herself if she has to. This also shows that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are close and are like one.

Answer 4

You must mean Act I Scene 5, and the terrific "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty." speech. Point one: Lady Macbeth is a nutter. She is crazy. Point two: She is not in the least maternal. Having her breasts filled with gall sounds like what she will say two scenes later about plucking her nipple from her child's boneless gums and dashing his brains out. Point three: She is seriously violent. She dreams about sticking a shiv into someone in the dark where she cannot be seen.

Answer 5

Lady macbeth was a selfish wierd lady who was in thirst of wealth.. she diverted her husband to wrong path... as she also involved in murderer scene of King Duncan to acquiered his thrown ...

Answer 6

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