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How Evil Is Lady Macbeth' How Evil Is Lady Macbeth' In this essay on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth I will be looking at the character of Lady Macbeth, a very complex character in the play. Though she does not appear too often, she plays a vital role. It is debatable whether or not Macbeth would have committed murder if it hadn’t been for her. I will explore her personality and how much influence she exerts over her husband to see how evil she really is. evil/ 'I:v(∂)l, -vil/ adj. & n.• adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable or unpleasant. Looking at the dictionary definition of the word ‘evil’, I would say that, at first Lady Macbeth seems unnaturally unkind, though not exactly evil. However, contemplating murder obviously is not normal. We first meet Lady Macbeth at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 5. She is reading the letter she has just received from her husband, which says what the witches have predicted and that one of the prophecies has come true. She says Macbeth will get what he has been promised, but thinks he is “…too full o’ the milk of human kindness,” to do anything to bring macbeth, lady, evil, shows, scene, murder, herself, says, done, lines, husband, few, duncan, act, about, without, what’s, time, thinks, now, much, mind, just, hands, first, character, been, bed, back, after, able, way, very, upon, truly