How does Lady Macbeth change throughout the play ?
Plan
Change - Her relationship with her husband
Change in her physcology (shown through the change in Language - Act1 controlled verse, Act 3
rhyming couplets, Act5 Prose )
Change in her power - She commands darkness, also seen in her influence over her husband
Change in her motivations and attitude ( Act 1 - eager for regicide, Act 3 "Tis better to be that which
we destroy than dwell in doubtful joy", Act 5 "Whats done cannot be undone" - Full of regret
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Lady Macbeth changes throughout the play, as a result of the love for her husband and her role as a
dutiful wife, causing her to go against the great chain of being and aid in regicide. As a result we the
see the degradation of her character from an arguably powerful and domineering to becoming
Plan
Change - Her relationship with her husband
Change in her physcology (shown through the change in Language - Act1 controlled verse, Act 3
rhyming couplets, Act5 Prose )
Change in her power - She commands darkness, also seen in her influence over her husband
Change in her motivations and attitude ( Act 1 - eager for regicide, Act 3 "Tis better to be that which
we destroy than dwell in doubtful joy", Act 5 "Whats done cannot be undone" - Full of regret
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Lady Macbeth changes throughout the play, as a result of the love for her husband and her role as a
dutiful wife, causing her to go against the great chain of being and aid in regicide. As a result we the
see the degradation of her character from an arguably powerful and domineering to becoming
