Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to take a break and have some fun with his guests at a banquet. “Come on,/ gentle my lord ,sleek o’er your rugged looks./ Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight” (3.2, 29-31). Lady Macbeth shows the audience how she is not a heartless woman but also is caring for her husband. This is a side of Lady Macbeth that hasn’t really been seen much up until this point. In previous acts she was rude and mean to Macbeth by making fun of him and his manliness by saying she felt nothing from the murder when he obviously was devastated. Lady Macbeth may be acing this way now because Macbeth is now king, and she is glad that he got what he deserved. It is interesting that she addresses Macbeth, her husband, as “my lord” it shows how she recognizes his title and respects him for it.
Lady Macbeth is a very polite hostess because when her husband’s banquet was not going very well she said to her husband “My royal lord,/ you do not give the cheer.. The feat is sold/ that is not often vouched, while ‘tis a-making,/ ‘tis given with welcome. To feed were best at home;/ From thence, the sauce to meat is ceremony;/ Meeting were bare without it” (3.4, 32-37). This quote shows how Lady Macbeth cares about her guests and whether or not they feel welcome and are enjoying themselves because she talks to Macbeth about what he could do to make the feast better. This also shows how Lady Macbeth cares about Macbeth’s image, she saw that his guests weren’t very happy and so she took action and spoke to Macbeth about what he must do to save his feast from being a fiasco. Again she calls Macbeth “my lord” to emphasize the fact that he is now king and that she is happy about it and proud of him.
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