Student Essay on Examine Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy and Show How It Is Used to Develop Character.

Examine Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy and Show How It Is Used to Develop Character. by William Shakespeare

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Lady Macbeth's soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 showcases how Shakespeare uses it to develop character.

Here Lady Macbeth is introduced as an evil, contemptuous and cold-hearted person.

Through Lady Macbeth's soliloquy, it can b e concluded that she is a vile person. Her words "It is too full o th'milk of human kindness", show how implicitly evil she is. These words are used because she is trying to challenge he husbands manhood, and therefore, this would make him want to commit the murder to prove to her that he is a man. Also when she says "Unsex me here", she is speaking to the witches, bidding them to remove all femininity from her being so that she would be able to go through with the murder. Furthermore, when she says," That no contemptuous visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between the effect and it", she is calling to the powers of darkness to prevent her from causing her ti change her mind.

In conclusion, it can clearly be seen that through Lady Macbeth's soliloquy that it gives an indepth analysis of her thoughts.