Throughout Shakespeare's play Macbeth a full examination of his characters, Lady Mabeth and Macbeths portrayal leads to a more sympathetic view of them. The play does not portray Macbeth simply as a cold blooded murderer but rather as a tortured soul attempting to deal with the atrocities surrounding him. Lady Macbeth represses the better side of her nature and the pressure of this awareness and her guilt leads to sleepwalking, near - madness and death. …showed first 75 words of 1186 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1186 total…evil and love. Macbeth proved himself to Lady Macbeth by killing; but in the end he couldn't accept the man he had become. All that he had done eventually lead to the death of his love, Lady Macbeth, which was the original reason he felt the need to prove himself. Love is a powerful force and people act irrationally when under its spell. The love of Lady Macbeth inevitably led to the downfall of Macbeth.