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  1. Key points. Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, are the main characters and their ambition and ...

  2. Jul 11, 2024 · Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Lady Macbeth at the bedside of King Duncan (Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole, 1850) Lady Macbeth is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth (c.1603–1607). She is the wife to the play's main character, Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman. After talking him into killing the king, she becomes Queen of ...

  3. Macbeth Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.

  4. Cunning. To the outside world, Lady Macbeth seems like the ideal supportive wife but this is part of her ability to be deceptive. When Macbeth expresses doubts, she uses every trick she can think ...

  5. Jan 24, 2023 · Shakespeare wrote 10 tragedies, including Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was portrayed as a cruel and manipulative woman in the play. However, audiences learn that she has been devastated by the loss of a child. Macbeth is set in Scotland. Shakespeare never went to Scotland. Actors believe that the play Macbeth is cursed.

  6. Lady Macbeth. Though Macbeth is the focus of the play, his wife steals every scene she's in. She suggests, plans and ensures the success of their assassination of Duncan, which then sets the action of the play in motion. Also, since Macbeth was against the idea of killing Duncan it seems quite clear that he wouldn't have done it without her ...

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  8. What are the most specific explanations of this quotation, said by Lady Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 5 of 'Macbeth': 'Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be. What thou art promised:' The noun 'promised' shows Lady Macbeth's desire to completely trust the witches.

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