Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy
Although Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy from Act 1, Scene 5 depicts the celebration of Macbeth’s encounter with the witches, it creates a significant turning point in which William Shakespeare imposes the beginning of the character’s transformation-essential to Macbeth’s central theme of the detriment of power. The beginning of Lady Macbeth’s transformation is shown when she exclaims “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be/ What thou art promised” (1.5.15-16). Certifying the prophecy, Lady Macbeth reiterates that her husband is the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor and is destined to become King. At this moment, Lady Macbeth commits to her husband becoming King at all cost. She now desires to be the future Queen above all else. However, Lady Macbeth