Macbeth: Letter From Lady Macbeth To Macbeth :: Macbeth essays

Macbeth Letter From Lady Macbeth To Macbeth  Dearest husband,         These last few months afford been worrisome ones. The actions you and I requireundertaken have played on my conscience, and I am finding it hard to cope. Irealise that the path we had elect was the wrong one, and even though Iaccepted that from the beginning, the consequences of that choice and the kindanguish that I am experiencing right away were unimaginable at the time.         I was pleased when I received your letter telling me of your promotionto Thane of Cawdor. I am sure it was a step that pleased you too. But Im unnervedthat my ambition to act on the witches prophecies was to be our downfall. Theprospect of you being queen mole rat was so great that I lost touch with reason. When theidea of murdering the great power was put forth I know you were hesitant on acting, only whenI unless had to have my ambition fulfilled. So I p ushed you and now I realise thatmy persistence was not in our best interests, and Im sorry for it. Perhaps if Ihad left the decision to your judgement we would have been better off.         What I did I only did for you. For you to be king, how could I for seethat we would be worse off. Just the idea that you would be king would cheer me of all time, but I knew I had to push you to fulfill your potential.         But incertitude crept into my mind on the fateful night of Duncans murder. Iwould have through with(p) it myself if he had not looked like my father. He was resting sopeacefully in the innocence of sleep, I just couldnt bring myself to do it. Soyou had to. Who could have imagined the old man would have had so much consanguinity inhim. This blood has stained me forever and I am afraid it has through the same toyou. Nothing can remove this blood. Many nights I would energise in cold sweat andmy hand would be red from my rubbing. The blood just wont leave me, it haunts menight and day.         But the murder of the Macduff family was just too much. Sometimes I canhear the cries of the women and young children as they are being killed, and itis the knowledge that my decisions led to their deaths that I find somedistressing. It is ironic that the actions leading to my demise have also led to