ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Her conscience affects her to such an extent that she eventually commits suicide.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the wife of the play’s tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she becomes queen of Scotland. After Macbeth becomes a murderous tyrant, she is driven to madness by guilt over their crimes, and commits suicide offstage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seemingly more strong willed than Macbeth, she helps her husband recover from his fear after he kills Duncan, and helps the cover up. But as Macbeth grows more and more used to being a tyrant following Duncan’s murder, Lady Macbeth suffers more and more from guilt. She goes mad and finally kills herself.

Detailed explanation-4: -She sleepwalks off of the palace wall. She declares her own guilt and stabs herself with a knife. Macduff slays her in revenge for his own wife’s murder.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lady Macduff and Lady Macbeth are two who, “share some basic qualities but diverge in others". Though Lady Macduff is a foil to Lady Macbeth, they are not entirely opposites. Like Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff has a husband who has abandoned her with the intention to manipulate power.