Lady Macbeth as an evil villain.

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English 2006 17 December 2002 The Naturally Evil Lady Macbeth A villain is characterized as a fiendish or evil person. With her heart of stone and manipulative mind, Lady Macbeth is the true villain of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is naturally evil as opposed to Macbeth who changed dramatically after his supernatural encounters with the witches. Lady Macbeth revealed her evil side when she manipulated Macbeth and questioned his manhood in an attempt to persuade him to kill King Duncan. In comparison to Macbeth, she had an easy time coping with the transgressions that transpired throughout the beginning of the play, whereas Macbeth had many hallucinations due to his guilt. Lady Macbeth is a heartless woman with naturally evil intentions, as opposed to Macbeth, ...

... that which we destroy/Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy./How now, my lord! Why do you keep alone,/Of sorriest fancies your companions making,/Using those thoughts which should indeed have died/With them they think on? Things without all/remedy/should be without regard: what's done is done" (III, ii, 5-13). This was Lady Macbeth's first scene in which she portrays her genuine human emotions while illustrating her deep inner thoughts. She acts very In conclusion, Lady Macbeth portrayed a sufficient amount of qualities to give her the title of an evil, manipulative villain. She portrayed such qualities when she was influencing Macbeth to engage upon acts of crime in which he did not want

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