Lady Macbeth: Portrait of Perfection Perfection, a quality which everyone strives to achieve, can produce virtues in a person from both light and darkness. Macbeth is a play which portrays Lady Macbeth with this perfection of both sides. Throughout the play, she has a shadow of evil cast over her, but at the same time, the loving qualities of a faithful wife. In Macbeth, playwright William Shakespeare explores the theme of Lady Macbeth being the …showed first 75 words of 1092 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1092 total…the perfect portrait of evil. Shakespeare gives Lady Macbeth three qualities which help define her as the character which is at the same time perfect evil and a perfect wife. Manipulation, loyalty, and power driven are the perfect and only qualities which can be given to Lady Macbeth to paint the picture of the two perfections. After reading the play Macbeth, we can come to believe that Lady Macbeth is the perfection light and darkness.