Evil and Immoral
Evil. Immoral. Devious. However way one says it, they all mean the same. People associate these words with dark, sinister feelings that most try to avoid. In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, many characters could be considered evil, immoral, and/or devious, but only one in particular has these three characteristics. The full presentation of this character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Lady Macbeth can be considered evil or immoral because she becomes ambitious for power, willing to kill, and assists in and sets up a murder. Lady Macbeth's ambition for power leads her into an unnatural, deceitful realm of witchcraft, insomnia and madness. But while Macbeth responds to the prophecies of the play's famous trio of witches, Lady Macbeth goes even further by figuratively transforming herself into an unnatural evil spirit. Once she learns of the opportunity for her husband to assume the throne as king of Scotland, she immediately becomes obsessed with achieving everything in her power to place Macbeth in the position.
In Act 1, Scene 7 establishes the force and power that Lady Macbeth possesses over her husband. Upon hearing of Macbeth's decision not to kill Duncan, she is outraged and starts to work her force and power upon him. She knows where he is most vulnerable and attacks him at his weak spot. She strikes him at his manhood and courage. When Macbeth becomes hesitant about this plan, Lady Macbeth questions his manhood and exclaims, “When you durst do it, then you were a man…” (Shakespeare). Lady Macbeth keeps insinuating to her own husband that he is not a man until he is done with the task

that he has to do in order to take the position. When Macbeth hesitantly agreed to come through with the murder, Lady Macbeth insists that she will come up with a plan and will find a way to