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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. 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. 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. 6 min. Updated: 22nd November 2022. Lady Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare’s most powerful and infamous female characters. She becomes known for her power, ruthlessness and ambition in plotting alongside her husband, Macbeth, to usurp the throne of Scotland from King Duncan. Keep reading to find out more about the character of Lady ...

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  8. Lady Macbeth has "given suck" (1.7.54), but there is no mention of surviving children in the marriage. (Infant mortality rates were cruelly high .) Compare the contrasting roles of Lady Macbeth and Lady MacDuff (4.2), with her precocious son : Lady Macbeth childless, ambitious, ruthless; Lady MacDuff surrounded by children, dependent on her absent husband, and a figure of helpless pathos.