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Differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth- Perniciaro 

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Differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth- Perniciaro 

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Before Act III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have different views on how they will achieve what they want and what is too far, compared to after Act III. Before Act III Macbeth did not want to kill King Duncan. He was feeling hesitant to perform the murder. After the murder had been committed Macbeth felt the guilt within himself starting to appear, because “[he is] afraid to think what [he has] done; look [ ] again [he] dare not ” (Macbeth 2.2 50-51). Macbeth feels ashamed for what he has done and refuses to go back to the scene of the crime.  Unlike Macbeth, Lady Macbeth favored the idea of killing the king to serve her own agenda. She would convince Macbeth my calling him a coward or weak if he does not commit this crime. After a while of this, Macbeth finally agrees to do it. After Act III Macbeth has a transformation in feelings. Macbeth is consumed with this unstoppable ambition. He have no issue with killing Banquo, his best friend. He will do what it takes to have the throne. After Act III Lady Macbeth also has a transformation of feelings, but it is the opposite of Macbeth. Even though she was the one that had originally gave Macbeth the idea to murder King Duncan. She realizes how rash her thoughts were, and begins to feel extremely ashamed for what she has done. This guilt that she is experiencing eventually leads to her killing herself.

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In the beginning of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are both contemplating the idea of murder and motivated by the idea of being king/queen of Scotland, but are not consumed with the idea of murder. For instance, when Macbeth was toying with the idea of killing Duncan to receive the throne he explained that "If [the murder] were done... it [should be] done quickly" (Macbeth 1.7.1-2).  Macbeth did not know if he actually wanted to commit murder and Lady Macbeth was pushing him to go through with it by expressing her desire to be more man-like. In contrast,  by Act three Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were one hundred percent consumed with the idea of murdering whomever to achieve the throne. For example, Macbeth has his best friend Banquo killed and Lady Macbeth supports him. Before Act three, Macbeth would have questioned his choice of killing his friend for the throne, but now he does not even think twice. Macbeth even goes on to kill Siward during the war in Act five.

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Differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth- Olivia Seidner

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Differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth- Olivia Seidner

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Before Act III,  Macbeth was clearly aware of right and wrong as well as what lines he was willing to cross when it came to becoming king.  Macbeth was eventually convinced by his wife, Lady Macbeth, to kill king Duncan, but afterwards he was so distraught and overwhelmed with the feeling of guilt that he began to hallucinate.  Regardless of this,  Macbeth's awareness of right and wrong was quickly fogged by his ambition after killing Duncan and especially at the beginning of Act III.  Macbeth no longer questioned committing a criminal act such as murder, and his sense of morality continues to become further deluded as his situation gets more difficult than anticipated. These changes in character lead to Macbeth's decision to have Banquo murdered which inevitably leads to chaos. Similar to Macbeth, Lady Macbeth has a major character switch following Act II; however, her transformation is opposite of Macbeth's. Lady Macbeth began as an opinionated and demanding woman who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted, defying the gender roles during this time period. She planted the idea of murder into Macbeth's mind but later realizes how extreme and uncalled for this action was. Consequently, Lady Macbeth faces severe nightmares and feelings of guilt which eventually results in suicide.

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At the beginning of Macbeth, Macbeth is told by the witches he will be king and will do anything to gain power. Lady Macbeth heard this news and convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan in order to be a man and calls him “a coward”  if he cannot follow through with this murder (Macbeth 1. 7. 44). Macbeth has a very hard time committing this murder and feels extreme guilt for it. However, as the play continues, Macbeth is more comfortable with the idea of murder and feels less guilty if it means he will become king. In Act III he sends murders to kill his loyal friend Banquo and does this without a doubt and tells the murders to kill him and his son. Lady Macbeth also has a shift throughout the play. As Macbeth becomes more comfortable with the murders, she feels extreme guilt. She sees visions and has nightmares from all the death she has caused and it becomes too much for her to handle that she kills herself.

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Before and after Act III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had different views on the events that were taking place.  When Lady Macbeth and Macbeth talked before act III about killing King Duncan Macbeth was timid and didn't fully agree to the idea of killing him, while Lady Macbeth was 100% for it, and even called Macbeth out by saying he was acting like a girl and even she would kill Duncan. After act III Macbeth's morals changed and  was all for killing Banquo without a doubt. For example he told the murders to go and kill Banquo as he was in the way of him becoming King.  Macbeth had no fear in the killing of Banquo like he had in act I when Duncan was killed.  In Act I Lady Macbeth had no fear of killing Duncan, after Act III she begins to feel remorseful, and questions the path that Macbeth and her have taken. Furthermore lady Macbeth states  "[h]ow now, my lord, why do you keep alone"(Macbeth 3.2.8)? In Act I Macbeth needed Lady Macbeth to help with the whole situation of killing Duncan. After chapter 3 this changes and the roles are reversed as Macbeth no longer needs Lady Macbeth.

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Before Act III Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were more paranoid/hesitant about their actions. They thought about consequences, envisioned the future, and even sometimes lost sleep. For example when Lady Macbeth challenges the masculinity of Macbeth in  Act 1 scene vii, they are both a bit paranoid about killing Duncan. It takes a lot of convincing before they end up killing him. Later in the play, we see a shift in these character's motives and ultimately a change in character. After Act III, they are no longer paranoid and are driven by the desire for power. When Macbeth convinces the murderers to kill his best friend, the couple's true, evil intentions are made clear. They no longer think rationally and there is no hesitation in their actions.

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Macbeth- prior to act III, Macbeth was a very timid, innocent man. For example he wanted no part in killing king Duncan, but he let his wife pressure him into it. After act III Macbeth's moral character started to change. He started killing anybody in his way, even if they were innocent people, he didn't care. For example he even killed his friend Banquo and all of Macduff's family. He was also becoming more independent from his wife, because before he relied on her and near the end, he barely even cared that she killed herself.
Lady Macbeth- In act I when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth murder King Duncan Lady Macbeth does not think twice about it because it is all for her to be queen. She is bold and merciless when she puts the blame on the servants and she is even proud of what she did. In act V, however, after the murder she is consumed with guilt and she has nightmares. She even kills herself because of the guilt.

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Before Act III, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth had very different views about the killing of King Duncan. Before Macbeth killed King Duncan, he did not want to perform the murder because it frightened him. After the murder was done, he said he could not say "Amen" when they "[said] God bless us" (2.2.28-29). He was nervous and guilty right after he completed the murder, yet after Act III, Macbeth became ruthless and wanted  to stay king therefore he set up a plan to kill his best friend Banquo. He exclaims to his first and second murders that he is "against my near'st of life" because he could take away his power of king (3.1.18). Before, Macbeth would not have planned to kill his best friend, yet after his ambition to be king rises, he is planning to kill anyone that is in his way of a smooth reign. Lady Macbeth's view also changes because prior to Act III, she encouraged Macbeth to kill King Duncan immediately. After she put the evidence on the servants, she felt "shame to wear a heart so white" because she ambitiously wanted to be Queen and wanted Macbeth to feel lesser than her. After Act III, she felt guilty, especially when she slept walk. She did not enjoy the smell of blood, therefore showing her guilt of the past murders her and her husband committed.

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At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have different views and ideas on events that were in the planning. Lady Macbeth starts the play out being heartless and only wanting her husband to be king and that is her only worry. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth when he is going to kill Duncan, "Screw your courage" and put it in place and "we'll not fail" (Shakespeare 1.7.20-21). Macbeth at the start of the play doubts himself and doesn't feel entirely comfortable murdering Banquo. Macbeth explains to Lady Macbeth about the murder when he says, "It [is to be] done quickly" (1.7.2). Lady Macbeth starts to feel guilty and paranoid about her actions and support in the killing on Banquo. She starts to sleep walk and always ends up with blood on her hands. She states, "Here's the smell of the blood still" (5.1.46). Macbeth throughout the play becomes more accepting of the idea of murder. He starts to kill anyone who is in his way of achieving his goals. Macbeth once states, "Hang those that talk of fear" (5.3. 36). This shows that Macbeth sees no remorse for his actions anymore and will kill those who talk against him.

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Before Act III Macbeth was  ambitious about becoming king. When he hears the witches` predictions about him becoming king he wants to do anything in his power to make them come true.  The point where everything changes for Macbeth is when he kills Duncan. This is when his ambition goes too far. He goes from being ambitious to guilty. After Macbeth commits the murder he immediately feels guilty crying out, " will all Neptune`s ocean wash this blood" so that his hand/body in general would be clean/free of guilt (Macbeth 2.2.59). Lady Macbeth also changes during this play. She goes from being fearless to sick from her fear. She talked her husband, Macbeth into killing Duncan, and when he was too scared she laid the daggers so that he had no choice but to commit the act. She had no fear of murdering someone and even said that she was more manly (which in this time meant strong) than Macbeth. This all changes after Duncan is killed. After time, the heavy burden of fear from being caught/ her husband being caught and guilt crept up on her and made her very ill.  Her doctor explains that Lady Macbeth`s "disease is beyond [his] practice" and that she is near death (5.1.54). Shortly after this she died.

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In the begining of Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, we see Macbeth as an ambitious and naive leader. At the very begining three witches come to him and tell him that he will be king and Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth feels being king is very well within his reach once it is annouced he will be Thane of Cawdor. After telling Lady Macbeth about the witches prophecy, she is convinced that this is accomplishable for them both. Shortly after this Lady Macbeth begins to get more and more ambitious by forcing Macbeth to kill the recent King Duncan. When it comes time for Macbeth to commit the murder of King Duncan he begins to become apprehensive. Macbeth questions Lady Macbeth "If we should fail? (Macbeth1.6.59)". Soon after Lady Macbeth assures Macbeth "We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we'll not fail (1.6.60-62)". After Macbeth seemly becomes overcofindent in his crimes when he becomes king. In the third act Banquo, one of Macbeths close friends, suggest to Macbeth that he knows Macbeth had murdered King Duncan. Macbeth then decides he need to get rid of Banquo "For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered; Put rancors in the vessels of my peace given for them, and mine eternal jewel...(3.1.65-68)". Macbeth doesn't want anyone else getting in the way and feels he has come to far to ket anyone ruin it.

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Lady Macbeth was at first brave and did not care about murdering King Duncan. However, after Act III she changed. Lady Macbeth began to murmur in her sleep and wiping her hands similar to wiping off blood from her hands. The Doctor noticed her sudden change when he noticed that Lady Macbeth had a "slumb'ry agitation" (Shakespeare 5.1.10). Lady Macbeth is wracked with guilt now which is ironic since she seems so confident before Act III when she wanted Macbeth to kill King Duncan. She is constantly up late at night and cannot sleep because she is anxious and feel guilty of King Duncan's murder.

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At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was honorable and brave. The captain speaks of him highly and says "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-" (1.2.16).  Macbeth was also against killing Duncan in the beginning and did not agree with Lady Macbeth, he was basically bullied into killing Duncan. He changed throughout the play and went from brave and honorable to evil and a traitor because he started killing many people including Duncan's guards, Banquo, and Macduff's family.
Lady Macbeth was the cruel and evil one in the beginning of the play. She convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan, and admitted that if she were to have a baby milking her she would "pluck my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out" (1.7.58-59). Towards the end of the play, she feels guilty and does not want Macbeth to kill people which is opposite of how she acted in the beginning of the play. In conclusion, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth basically switched roles from beginning of the play to the end.

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When comparing the two characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare's Macbeth,  a shift in character change can be noticed from the beginning, to the end. In the beginning,  Macbeth is haunted by the idea of murder, and towards the end he seems to be more than okay with it. Before he kills his first victim, King Duncan, he begins to feel the pressure of murder when he sees "a dagger of the mind"  floating in the air in front of him (Macbeth 2.1 38). By Act three, Macbeth’s worrisome conscience seems to have been silenced because he goes on to kill his good friend Ban-quo. Lady Macbeth on the other hand changed the other way around. In the beginning, she was the one pressuring her husband to kill. When tempting Macbeth’s masculinity, Lady Macbeth tells her husband that she would “dash[] the brains out” of a baby if it meant she would get what she wanted (Macbeth 1.7 59). However, towards the end, when Macbeth begins to kill people who he doesn't necessarily need to, her conscience gets the best of her in the form of a dream.

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At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was very hesitant about killing Ducan. Now, he has no problem with killing Banquo, Fleance , or Macduff. He says to Lady Macbeth that his mind is "full of scorpions...Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives" (3.2.36-37). He is telling Lady Macbeth that he does not care if he kills them because he is already crazy. Lady Macbeth however does not see the point in killing Banquo. She tells Macbeth that he "must leave this" (3.2.35) insinuating that he is not doing the right thing. This is diffrent from how she acted in the beginning. In the beginning she was encouraging Macbeth to kill Duncan so they could have power. But now she is telling Macbeth not to kill

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In the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth had motivation and eagerness for her husband to become king. She didn't care what it took for her husband to become king so she was willing for someone to die to get what she wanted. Even though Lady Macbeth wanted Banquo dead, Macbeth was trying to refrain from resorting to murder as a solution. Macbeth was very hesitant of this because he was afraid of the outcome and what might happen after Banquo was killed. Eventually, he fell for his wife's cruel persuasion and decided to kill Banquo in Act III. This murder changed Macbeth into a ambitious human and heartless man. He wanted to become more powerful than anyone or anything. He would start, "quarrels unjust against the good and loyal" and would also "destro[y] them for wealth"(4.3. 83-84). Once he became ruthless and care free, Lady Macbeth changed as well. She started to feel remorse and guilty for her actions. She even could even "smell of the blood" which she thought was still there(5.1.46). Overall, throughout this play both characters changed dramatically from beginning to end.

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Differences- Lauren Stadnyk

Toward the beginning of the play, Macbeth was more innocent and was faced with extreme guilt about the blood on his hands. Lady Macbeth was the reason he went through with killing the king. He started to have visions surrounding his guiltIn Act 3, Macbeth becomes more selfish and begins to kill in cold blood. He kills Banquo out of jealousy and want for power.

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At the beginning, MacBeth has more curiosity regarding the witches rather than ambition to kill in order to become king. He questions why he feels the need to kill Duncan. After killing him, he “could not say ‘Amen’” (2.2.28) showing the guilt that MacBeth feels. Although he committed the crime, he morally knew it was wrong and did not want to accept what he had done. By the end of the play, MacBeth’s ambition has completely taken over his life and everything he thinks about. Killing his friend, Banquo, is a direct result of his growing ambition. While he killed the king before his ambition took over, he did not have a close relationship with Duncan. With Banquo, on the other hand, MacBeth demonstrates that his ambition overpowers his moral character because he plots the murder of his close friend.

Lady MacBeth, at the beginning of the novel, distinguishes no moral character as she immediately desires to kill anyone that could disrupt her and her husband’s future as a royal. For example, she planned and forced MacBeth to kill King Duncan. She shows her determination when she finishes the crime by “gild[ing] the faces of the grooms” with blood in order to successfully complete the murder (2.2.56). She experiences no guilt or care about the life of others in the beginning of the play. However, by the end, Lady MacBeth gradually becomes more conscious of her crimes and begins to experience some guilt and remorse. She demonstrates her guilt when she is sleepwalking and she explains that "the smell of the blood" is still present (5.1.46). This causes her downfall because as a result of this remorse, she kills herself.

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At the beginning of the play, Macbeth had a different level of ambition than later in the story. At first, Macbeth was motivated by Lady Macbeth to kill King Duncan. They wanted power and were impatient to get it. However, Macbeth felt a lot of guilt after committing treason and began to go mad . He has a vision when he says, "Is this a dagger which I see before me" (2.1. 33). When the story reaches Act III, Macbeth's selfishness and ambition takes a turn for the worst. His jealousy of Banquo turns into a dangerous situation as he plans for a group of murderers to kill him and Fleance, destroying the line of kings. Although he still has grief, Macbeth starts to murder in cold blood and do what is best for himself, not his followers. This scenario shows that his ambition and selfishness defeat his morals and guilt he felt earlier. Also, in Act III, Lady Macbeth begins to worry more about her husband's mental health and decisions. Her sleepwalking episodes are contributed to the grief she starts to feel as the story goes on.

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Throughout the play of Macbeth by Shakespeare, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have character shifts. In the beginning, Macbeth was an innocent warrior and leader, but after his encounter with the witches, his ambition caught up with him. After he is forced into murdering Duncan, Macbeth cannot say "Amen when they [said] God bless us" exemplifying the extreme guilty that he feels for his actions (2.2.28-29). After Act III, Macbeth then shifts his extreme ambition, and he no longer feels guilty after the murders he orders on his own friend Banquo. Macbeth turns in a heartless man, letting the persuasion of Lady Macbeth overtake him. Lady Macbeth started out with this ambition, pushing Macbeth to carry out the murder to help secure his spot in kingship that the witches predicted. She was brutal, calling Macbeth a wimp for not taking charge to murder for a spot as king. After forcing Macbeth to murder Duncan, Lady Macbeth then starts to feel guilty and paranoid about the actions of her and Macbeth. After Act III, Lady Macbeth has sleep walking episodes and visions herself with blood on her hand. She can "smell [ ] the blood" on her hands, meaning that she was starting to feel guilty and responsibility for the her actions (5.1.46). This guilty and paranoia consume her where she eventually kills herself.