“Lady Macbeth is a powerful and dramatic character, but her death at the end of the play is no surprise to the audience.” Discuss this statement with close reference to the text. “Macbeth” is one of the most famous tragedies written in the Elizabethan times by William Shakespeare for King James 1. Set in Scotland, it details the story of man, so desperate for the status of king, that he will do anything to achieve it. …showed first 75 words of 1651 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1651 total…no surprise. Although the play never actually says she committed suicide, it is fair to assume she did, based on her state of mind at that time. The murder of Duncan marked the beginning of a downward spiral, where the country would never be able to live normally as long as the Macbeth’s reigned. Evil, once introduced, never goes away until it is destroyed, and Lady Macbeth’s fatal flaw was to underestimate that.