Lady Macbeth's character
...d cat: “Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ Like the poor cat I’th’adage?” (1.7, 40-45) Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth that being king is what was best for the both of them. However, Macbeth still didn’t think that it was a good idea to murder Duncan, following his conscience in the beginning. In response to Macbeth’s uncertainty, Lady Macbeth challenges her husband to be a man in the following passage: “What beast was’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me; I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.” (1.7, 48-59) Lady Macbeth becomes successful in her given speech and Macbeth carries out their plan of murder. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth experienced nights where she could not sleep because the effects of Duncan’s murder caused her to have terrifying dreams. However, she was still able to maintain her sanity and composure during the day. Towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth’s conscience takes over her and it becomes too great for her to overcome. Lady Macbeth is noticed sleepwalking and she tries to cleanse her hands of the blood of Duncan a...