Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5 William Shakespeare has written Macbeth by interpreting the world which he was familiar with as a play that reflects the life and interests of the king and the public. Moreover, James 1st was greatly attracted to sorcery and therefore, witchcraft is heard of a considerable amount in this play. Also, Macbeth is a moral lesson as the play is demonstrating the price that the individual has to pay for his luxurious desires. Shakespeare demonstrated how having total power over anything has a tendency to corrupt even the most moral of us. In author era the homicide of a King was the most horrible offense as people believed that the king was selected God and defying it is equal to a protest against God. Lady Macbeth is a provocative character as she was able to identify Macbeth’s strengths and weaknesses and use them for exploitation. Lady Macbeth character firstly appears in Act 1 scene 5 when she is reading a letter sent from her husband Macbeth. Lady Macbeth realizes once reading the letter she has a chance to become a queen and she is certain that her husband will obtain this. This is proving that she is despairing to aquire the power. Therefore she is unlike other women of these times because back then women used to be seen as gentle, caring people who had a role of being beautiful as well as giving birth. No one regarded them as being clever or equivalent to men. Moreover, her relationship with her husband was unlike other couples relationships at the time. Although, Macbeth was a man, he frequently asked his for his wife opinion before doing something as she was the first to hear about his promising future voiced by the witches. Lady Macbeth voices, “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood; stop up the access and passage to remorse.” She hears that Duncan is coming and that Show More
