nt after she reads the letter from Macbeth. She talks to the evil spirits to make her cold hearted with lines such as "Fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood". She goes to the extent of planning the murder of Duncan and assumes full responsibility for this. She exerts a lot of power over Macbeth in this part of the play and even calls him a "coward". This shows just how determined she is and how much ambition she has for the two of them. It is this confidence in herself plus the persuasiveness in her words that makes Macbeth act without hesitating. After performing the necessary acts in preparation for the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth thinks of performing the act herself but shows a sign of humanity. She says that he resembles, "My father as he slept". This stops her from doing the deed herself, so instead Macbeth does it. After the murder has been done Lady Macbeth shows just how strong a person she really is by using kind words and confidence to calm Macbeth and prevent him from going insane. Lady Macbeth however jokes with Macbeth about forgetting the incident as "These deeds must not be thought after these ways: so, it will make us mad". Afterwards she smears blood on the daggers and tells Macbeth to change into a night gown.At this point Lady Macbeth is in complete control and has tried to make Macbeth free of guilt even though he, in fact, did perform the deed. When Lady Macbeth is told of Duncan’s murder she exclaim in horror "What! In our House!" all the while in complete control, so as to draw away the suspicion from Macbeth. When, however, she finds out that Macbeth has killed the guards she faints "Help me Hence". Is this a another sign of an act to again draw away the suspicion from Macbeth?Or did she faint from shocked dismay? I believe she was shocked because she was surprised that she was able to get Macbeth to not only commit the murder of Duncan, ...
