In Act I, Scene 1, of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the audience is finally introduced to Lady Macbeth. The audience learns a lot about the character of Lady Macbeth from her soliloquies in this scene. In her first soliloquy, it is revealed that Lady Macbeth knows her husband very well. After reading Macbeth’s letter about the witches’ prophecies, Lady Macbeth says, “Yet do I fear thy nature, / It is too full o’ the milk of human …showed first 75 words of 417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 417 total…she would be able to possess the ability to kill. She also asks the spirits to fill her head to toe with evil and cruelty. In conclusion, in these soliloquies, the audience meets a new character that becomes a very significant part of the plot. It is important to understand Lady Macbeth’s character so that the audience can interpret her character into the rest of the story and recognize why she is so important.