The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, explores the darkest corners of the human psyche. He cleverly takes his audience to a place that allows them to examine what a human being is truly capable of once tempted by the lure of power. In the play, the Scottish nobleman Macbeth and his wife inevitably fall prey to their own corruption. Initiated by the prophecies made by three mysterious witches, the Macbeths set their sights on the throne. When the curtains open on the plot to assassinate King Duncan, Lady Macbeth is the driving force. Her criminal mind and desire for cruelty have led many critics to define her as evil. A closer look, however, reveals him to be a multi-faceted character; Other aspects of her personality include: genuine goodwill towards her husband, shy manipulation, and feminine tenderness. One of Lady Macbeth's often overlooked traits is her kindness, especially towards her husband, Macbeth. This goodness first appears upon its introduction; as she reads the letter Macbeth wrote to her. The letter speaks of the three witches, whom Macbeth calls the strange sisters, and of a prophecy concerning Macbeth's future kingship. Immediately, Lady Macbeth desires the throne for her husband. Not only is the desire felt, but also the determination. Worried that Macbeth will not be able to take the quickest route to the throne, by killing the current King Duncan, Lady Macbeth calls upon evil spirits to strip her of her weaker feminine qualities. She said: [U]nsex me here, and fill me from head to toe with the greatest cruelty! make my blood thick; obstructs the access and passage to remorse, so that no compunctive visitation of nature shakes my fallen design, nor maintains peace between the effect and it! (I...... middle of paper ...... I see a complete transformation in her temperament. Her inescapable femininity, coupled with unbearable remorse for Duncan's murder as well as several other indirect murders, torments her She cannot rest in peace, reliving her crimes even in her sleep, and is deeply unhappy. Indeed, Lady Macbeth is unable to maintain both her reason and her inherent tenderness leading her first to madness; to suicide character, her personality having many sides: notably: a genuine kindness towards her husband, a shy manipulation and a femininity It is therefore inaccurate to define her as purely evil despite the means by which she desires to achieve her fantastic end. dynamism and determination, she ends up losing her dominant role, captivated until her disappearance by her essential femininity.