Lady Macbeth plays a key role in influencing her husband to take the path that he does. She is the catalyst that effectively unleashes Macbeth's true side of evil. Throughout the play we can see that she has a strong influence on him and is a primary cause for increasing Macbeth's ambition. Lady Macbeth's words to her husband as well as her many powerful soliloquies show us her great desire to become Queen and hence urge Macbeth to murder Duncan as well as begin his reign of tyranny. However, in no way can Lady Macbeth be seen as the sole influence on Macbeth. Although Macbeth appears to be greatly subordinate to his wife in terms of levels of evil, he is still an extremely ambitious and powerful character. She greatly helps him throughout the play to get him through various problems. The supernatural also plays an important role in Macbeth's life. Macbeth and his wife have a very loving relationship in which they have great influence in one and other. In the earlier acts of the......
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