Macbeth LRJ #2

1) Macbeth in this act has many good qualities. He a man of great honor and a noble warrior. As the story progresses through at act he seems to start to change. His qualities of bad qualities seem to overpower the good. "I have done the deed.Didst thou not hear a noise?"(Shakespeare,2.2,15). Macbeth has done the deed that his wife, Lady Macbeth had asked him to do. This show a good quality shown by Macbeth. Macbeth really loves his wife. Even thorough though times when he doesn't want to kill someone he still does it. "Macbeth does murder sleep,"(Shakespeare,2.2,40). Another one of his good qualities is guilt. Though it is considered bad that he feels it. He murdered Duncan and he knows the consequences of the murder but he does it anyways. Some bad qualities of Macbeth include his weak will. He does what his wife wants him to do pretty much, when he should be listening to himself. If the first thing that the Witches said came true by itself then he should just wait for the prophecy to become true. he doesn't have the patience to wait so he listens to other people instead.

2)Lady Macbeth is a very strong person inside. She is willing to do anything after hearing about the witches prophecy that Macbeth will someday become the Thane of Cawdor. She is also willing to force it on Macbeth making him murder Duncan."You do unbend your noble strength to think So brainsickily things"(Shakespeare,2.2,49-50"
What she is doing here is trying to make her husband be encouraged that the deed he has done is not wrong but necessary to become king. That describes one of her good traits which is Manipulation and control. Throughout the play she has control over her husband until lastly near the end when she gets a breakdown from too much blood she has killed. Overall Lady Macbeth is a lot more sick and twisted then Macbeth. She if were a man would rather killed them.

3) There were a couple image patterns through out the play of Macbeth. In this chapter the image pattern was dark and light. This is described to both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. As a woman during that period of time men thought women as fragile. Lady Macbeth is at the same time fragile and very dangerous. She is murderous and willing to kill anyone just so that her husband could become king. The light side of her is she wants her husband to become a very strong king and tries making him bolder, But her dark side overwhelms the light become she becomes more like a crook. She is the main murderer. If she were a guy she said he would've done the crimes herself, which then Macbeth feels like a horrible husband so he has to prove himself by killing Duncan in this Act. The dark and light side of Macbeth is also shown. He feels extremely guilty that he has to murder but his wife pretty much forces it on him."'Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep,'"(Shakespeare,2.2,39-40). Right there in the quote Macbeth feels extremely guilty that he has done the crime but his strong and courageous wife makes him feel better.