From the
moment she enters the play and reads 's letter, in which he details ' prophecies, Ladyactively
schemes to removefrom the throne of Scotland by insisting that her husband kill the
king.
She actively worries in act 1, scene 5, that Macbeth "Art not
without ambition, but without the illness should attend it." In other words, she recognizes
her husband's ambition to achieve additional titles, but doubts that he is ruthless enough to
commit the regicide that will need to happen to clear his path to the throne.
Because Macbeth begins to express reluctance to carry out the murder of Scotland's
beloved king, 's cruel manipulations become undeniably evil. She repeatedly attacks Macbeth's
manhood. She coaches him on how to behave toward Duncan with thethat he should "Look like
th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't" on the night of the murder. In a
horrifying display of her inhumanity, Lady Macbeth tells her husband
"I have given...
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