Question

As Act 1 comes to a conclusion we get to see the true character of Lady Macbeth, see if you can find at least 2 quotes which shows her desire to push Macbeth into committing the murder of King Duncan. She continues to persuade him in various comments that this deed needs to be done. List two quotes which shows her ruthless character.

Answer 1

Answer:

The quote below shows lady macbeth telling her husband  that she will set up duncans murder that evening and that Macbeth should look innocent. The lines  in act 1 scene 5 shows lady macbeth pushing her husband to kill duncan.

Explanation:

The quote is "O, never shall sun that morrow see! your face, thy thane, is as a book where men may read strange matters. to beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't. He that's coming must be provide for: and you shall put this night's great business into my dispatch, which shall to all our nights and days to come give sole sovereign sway and masterdom."

The above quote by lady macbeth depicts how ruthless she is. the second quote that shows her ruthless character where she said " I laid their daggers ready: he could not miss'em had he not resembled my father as he slept, i had done't". this quote means that Duncan's resemblance to her father prevented her from killing him.