Lady Macbeth is an evil woman who does not love her husband. Discuss.

In the play Macbeth, composed by William Shakespeare, explores the manipulative,

ambitious and persuasive Lady Macbeth, who driven by her evil deeds, shows little
love or compassion for her weak husband, Macbeth. Shakespeare uses several
devices, such as soliloquys, Rhetorical Questions and Euphemisms, as well as textual
references to prove that she does not love he husband.
In act 1, scene 7, Lady Macbeth questions Macbeths courage, manhood and loyalty
to her. These attacks are aimed at manipulating him into going ahead with the
bloody murder of King Duncan. Through the clever use of rhetorical questions, the
manipulation is best seen in the quote Art thou afeard To be in the same in thine
own act and valor as Thou art in desire? She is calling her husband scared and
cowardly. Macbeth may now feel to be less of a man. This manipulation makes
Macbeth question his manhood, as well as being subjected to feeling miserable. For
a person to make someone else feel miserable proves that they do not love that
person. For someone to attempt to be manipulating a person also proves that they
do not love that character. Lady Macbeth is no different; she does not love her
husband and knows how to attack his weaknesses.
In addition, Lady Macbeth is extremely ambitious would do anything for power, as
revealed by her soliloquy. Using the famous quote Come, you spirits That tend on
mortal thoughts, unsex me here And fill me from crown the toetop-full of dirtest
cruelty, Lady Macbeth resolves to put her natural femininity aside so that she can
do the bloody deeds necessary to seize the crown. She wants the strength to gain
characteristics of hatred and violence to plan the murder and to pressurise Macbeth
into killing Duncan. This pressure, which is something Macbeth feels throughout the
play from his evil wife, makes Macbeth edgy but also gives him an evil scent which is
something that Lady Macbeth strives for. To make someone evil further proves that
Lady Macbeth does not love her husband, and that her ambition is far greater and
more important than her love.
Lastly, due to the persuasive Lady Macbeth, Macbeth is very nervous and finding the
prospect of killing King Duncan very difficult to deal with. He does not want to do it
and he also feels that Duncan does not deserve it. He likes his reputation as a hero
and the Thane of Cawdor and he doesnt want to lose it. He has guilt over going
through with Lady Macbeths evil plan. These feelings are shown through the fact
that Macbeth cannot even utter the word murder instead using euphemisms such as
it, blow, bear the knife, deed and also this business. Lady Macbeth has gotten
into Macbeths mind, she has tormented him about the murder and has almost given
him no option but to go on with the murder. When persuading Macbeth into
committing a crime so dreadful and to make him guilty, even hallucinate, proves that
there is no love from Lady Macbeth to her husband.
In conclusion, Lady Macbeth did not love her husband. She was driven by her evil
deeds, and she was manipulative, ambitious and persuasive towards Macbeth. The
composer of Macbeth, William Shakespeare, used various techniques and textual
references to prove this.