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  1. 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 ...

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  2. Previous Next. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Here we pull together a selection of Lady Macbeth quotes that range from her early mocking of Macbeth for his apparent lack of strength to do her bidding, through to her regret and seeming empathy at the violent, murderous events that unfold: “ The raven himself is hoarse. That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Under my battlements”.

  6. LADY MACBETH: To bed, to bed: there’s knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone. – To bed, to bed, to bed! The knocking Lady Macbeth imagines she hears recalls the actual knocking at the gate when Macduff arrived at the Macbeths’ castle, just after Macbeth murdered Duncan.

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  8. 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 ...