Macbeth

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In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were alike in several ways, but they were also different in some ways. Both had similar views of what they wanted, but had different ways of getting this. This similarities and differences were shown throughout the play.
Macbeth was a man of great loyalty and was well respected at the beginning of the play. Lady Macbeth was also respected in the beginning of the play. After Macbeth met with the witches and they told him about his future, he didn’t think much of it until he was named Thane of Cawdor. After he was named Thane, he began to think of what else the witches had told him. He began thinking of bigger and better things, like becoming king of Scotland. Macbeth was eager and ambitious to find out if the witches were correct about his future. He immediately wrote home to Lady Macbeth after he was named Thane of Cawdor, telling her that the king was coming to reside at their house. Lady Macbeth immediately began thinking of power and how she would love to be a queen. She began thinking of ways to murder king Duncan. After Macbeth arrived home, he didn’t like the idea of killing Duncan until Lady Macbeth questioned his manliness. After she questioned his manliness, he went along with the idea to murder Duncan because he didn’t want his wife to think less of him. They were both so ambitious that they murdered the king.
Greed was also a big problem for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. They both wanted power so badly they would do anything to get it, even if it meant killing innocent people, which was exactly what Macbeth did. He murdered Duncan; he also had Banquo murdered along with Macduff’s family. Lady Macbeth was also greedy because she convinced her husband into Duncan’s murder.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were also similar in the ways that they suffered. They both suffered emotionally, mentally and physically as the play progressed. After they began their murdering spree, the...