Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a woman who has control over her husband as a thane and as a king, though in a lesser degree. She is able to convince and manipulate her husband at every turn in order to fulfill what the Witches have promised him. She asks her husband whether he would "live a coward in [his] own esteem,/ Letting I dare not' wait upon I would not'"(II.vii.43-44) than murder the king and claim the throne. It is obvious this woman is willing and desperate enough to manipulate the man she loves just to have him as King. Although she is a bit more controlling before Macbeth claims the throne, she still does the same after he becomes King. She proves her point by telling her husband not to worry about things that are done and in the past( III. ii.10-12) . We witness that she is once again accusing her husband of acting like a pusillanimous man who is afraid of his own destiny. However, Lady Macbeht's remorse about Duncan's murder is slowly manipulating her into a condition where she is not as controlling as before. Her controlling voice here is more offset by the fact that she thinks it is "safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy" ( III.ii.6-7). Her passion for the throne ruined her affection towards her husband. As a controlling person, it is no surprise that Lady Macbeth also displays characters of a demanding person.
Although her call to evil might not seem real in today's world, Shakespeare mentions it in order to illustrate Lady Macbeth's insistent attitude towards life. She adds to this play a demanding personality that responds differently and similarly to the circumstances before acquiring the throne as well as after the throne. She realizes she needs another source of evil in order to connive Duncan's murder and her husbands assertion of the throne once she receives news of the witches' prophecy from her husband. She blatantly demands the spirits to "unsex [her]fill [her] from the crown to the toe, top-full/ Of...