Lady macbeth. the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of duncan under my battlements. come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. make thick my blood. stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between the effect and it! come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, wherever in your sightless substances you wait on nature's mischief. come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry "hold, hold! " william shakespeare, macbeth, act i, scene v what characteristics would you most associate with lady macbeth after reading this speech? a. sadness and despair b. ambition and cruelty c. honor and sacrifice d. anger and powerlessness

The characteristics that most associate with Lady Macbeth after

reading the above speech is:

Ambition and cruelty

The correct option is B.The introduction of the Lady Macbeth in the play “Macbeth” highlights her ambitious nature that she possesses for her husband to achieve. Her actions reveal much about her steps and plans which she has pre-planned. She had the finest quality of being manipulative and influencing. She planned the murder of King Dunken and motivated her husband to commit the dead. To give encouragement to Macbeth she herself went to kill King Dunken. Though she was unable to kill him as she found her father's image in sleeping Dunken. She also gave her full support to her husband in attaining the position. In the play she has been regarded as the “fourth witch.” the three witches' prophecies and the plans and encouragement of Lady Macbeth made Macbeth move forward with his wicked plans. At the end of the play, it is seen that she become mentally ill. Since she too played an important role in the murders, she became weak and intolerant of her own ills. She died of this illness for which she herself was the one responsible.