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Lady Macbeth's Letter To Her Analysis

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Lady Macbeth has read the letter about Macbeth 's meeting with the witches and believes that her husband doesn 't contain the evilness to murder Duncan. She then takes things into her own hands, calling out to the spirits for strength. In contrast to many characters of her time, Lady Macbeth was a strong and commanding woman. Starting in the beginning, Lady Macbeth says “unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe topful of direst cruelty!”. It seems that she believes that the only way to become evil and heartless, is to strip herself of femininity. Supporting the idea that the only way she believes she will be able to sustain such emotions and lack of remorse, is if she becomes a man. Which brings us back to when Banquo

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