Macbeth!

“The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down or else o'erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires” encompasses Macbeth as the speaker in Act one, Scene four. Macbeth’s statement is a contrast to himself, as well as the conversation he obtains with Duncan. Realistically, Duncan’s eldest son Malcom is the next one to be King, even though he is recently appealed to the Prince of Cumberland. However, Macbeth is promoted to Cawdor, which he feels internally inferior to be below Malcom in the hierarchical structure of this society.

Duncan comments on the greatness of his son and his upcoming achievements. Therefore, Macbeth jealousy flaunts as he wants the power for himself, but he sees Duncan and Malcom as an obstacle. 

           

“Yet do I fear they nature; it is too full o'th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend to it” contains Lady Macbeth reading a letter to herself from Macbeth. One can articulate from Lady Macbeth’s tone that she perceives her husband to be too kind to do anything immoral. She responds in this way, because her character is quite ruthless and would do anything to achieve authority and power. However, she reads, “Hie thee hither,

That I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round”.

 In her character, she must persuade him that he should desire to want power as King. Her manipulations will result with her having her own power, even as the woman she does not desire to be. These lines within the context of the letter also portray that there is equality and greatness together within the means of their relationship. Both figures are extremely close, and he trusts her, which their love encompasses for one great being.   

Allison