Macbeth - An analysis of Lady Macbeth's character

One of the main characters in the Shakespearean play “Macbeth”, is his wife, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is a very two sided character in this play. She consistently acts differently when she is around her husband than she does when she is alone. There are many different examples of this contained in the play. One of the most notable examples of this is contained in Act I Scene v when Lady Macbeth reads the letter …

…killed the sleeping Duncan had he not looked like her father. This just proves that she isn’t nearly as strong and as evil as she pretends to be around Macbeth. In conclusion I feel that it is fairly easy to see how two sided Lady Macbeth is. When around Macbeth she seems to have no emotions, but when she is alone with the audience it is quite clear that that is not really true.