We studied Macbeth's soliloquies noting how his ambition begins to erode his moral hesitancy to kill King Duncan. In this regard, we parsed Shakespeare's metaphorical language comparing Malcolm to " a step that " Macbeth must fall upon or "overleap." We further studied the soliloquy of Lady Macbeth wherein she connives how she will infuse her husband with the will to act upon his ambition rather than submit to his "milk of human kindness." Nina did well in recognizing Lady Macbeth as a malignant force in the play's universe. I commented on the historical Macbeth and Lady Macbeth noting that historically Lady Macbeth played no part in Duncan's murder and Macbeth was hardly the tyrant Shakespeare portrays. I explained that Shakespeare needed to alter history to compose a "tragedy " of hamartia .