Macbeth: Contrast of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth Macbeth is a play that revolves around a single unifying event, the murder of Duncan. Like the play the characters revolve around it as well, especially the main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Through their thinking before and after the notorious event they show their inner most character. It is through this issue that we see Lady Macbeth as having a stronger integrity than her husband, Macbeth. Even though she does change after the event. Shakespeare uses the contrast of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth before and after the murder to