‘Lady Macbeth’s criminal mind and desire for ruthlessness have led many a critic to define her as evil. Closer examination, however, reveals that she is a multifaceted character.’
In my opinion, I agree with this statement as throughout the play I have developed a deeper understanding of Lady Macbeth. Definitely at the start of the play I only saw Lady Macbeth as a criminal who was so keen to become queen, showing how ruthless she is and how ambition trumps everything in her mind. Towards the start of the book she said “ art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it” Act 1 scene 5. This is right after Lady Macbeth has read Macbeth’s letter telling her what the witches were saying, instantly after this she overjoyed that she may become Queen and Macbeth may become King, but at the same time she was worried that Macbeth is to Kind to murder Duncan. The importance of this scene is just showing how masculine Lady Macbeth truly is. Most of all women in Scotland at this time never knew and were told about murder, so we are instantly seeing a strong women character at the start of the play who we can tell is very unfeminine.