Lady Macbeth


	Personality	Role
	She's cruel and ruthless - she influences M. "look like h'innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" She's ambitious and doesn't mind committing terrible crimes to get what she wants She's clever - comes up with the cunning plot to dug Duncan's servants and frame them for the murder, showing ages cruel and heartless.	She is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. She is stronger, more ruthless, more ambitious than her husband and is fully aware of this. "unsex me here" She humiliates M into killing the king and attacks his manhood telling him that if he carries out this deed, then and only then, will he be a man in her eyes. "are you a man?"
	Development (Growth & change)	Quotations
	At the beginning she is dominant and confident - persuades M that killing Duncan is the best thing to do. End of the play she is driven mad by guilt and eventually commits suicide. M and LM's marriage - at the beginning it seems loving and passionate "my dearest partner of greatness". As play develops it's clear she manipulates M into killing Duncan and covers up strange behaviour. When M reveals less about his plans LM becomes anxious and alone and can't come without her husband.	"Out, damned spot!" "look like th'innocent flower / But be the serpent under't" "unsex me here\|" "whats done is done"

She's cruel and ruthless - she influences M. "look like h'innocent flower, but be the serpent under't"
She's ambitious and doesn't mind committing terrible crimes to get what she wants
She's clever - comes up with the cunning plot to dug Duncan's servants and frame them for the murder, showing ages cruel and heartless.

She is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position.
She is stronger, more ruthless, more ambitious than her husband and is fully aware of this. "unsex me here"
She humiliates M into killing the king and attacks his manhood telling him that if he carries out this deed, then and only then, will he be a man in her eyes. "are you a man?"

At the beginning she is dominant and confident - persuades M that killing Duncan is the best thing to do.
End of the play she is driven mad by guilt and eventually commits suicide.
M and LM's marriage - at the beginning it seems loving and passionate "my dearest partner of greatness". As play develops it's clear she manipulates M into killing Duncan and covers up strange behaviour. When M reveals less about his plans LM becomes anxious and alone and can't come without her husband.

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