Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff are almost polar opposites. They were written to contrast one another, because Lady Macbeth is cold and unkind, which Lady Macduff is innocent and good. This relates to the overall theme of the play because it’s been good vs. evil with Macbeth vs. Duncan, and Macbeth vs. murderous thoughts, and now Lady Macbeth vs. Lady Macduff.
Lady Macbeth is cold, harsh, and strong. She an advocate and supporter of her husband murdering someone, just for their own personal benefit. When her husband is thinking of not commiting the murder, she says that she would actually murder her own infant child if she had promised to (I.vii.47-60). Her personality fits well in this show because it contrasts with Macbeth’s personality, with Macbeth being hesitant about murdering someone in the beginning of the show (IV.vii.32-36), and Lady Macbeth having to be the one to convince him to do it (IV.vii.60-72). it shows how strong and ambitious she is, and how scared and hesitant he was, and it goes well together. Now we have another character whose personality goes against Lady Macbeth’s, Lady Macduff. Lady Macduff is seen as the loving …show more content…
She has a witty conversation with her son and obviously enjoys talking with him and it is clear that this is a good mother/son relationship. Thus we associate Lady Macduff with motherhood and femeninity, as opposed to Lady Macbeth who wishes that she could be a man (I.v.30-35) and wishes to be filled with cruelty to have the milk in her breasts turned to poison, which is the exact opposite of motherhood and femeninity. In this play, Lady Macduff is written to be pitied. We feel bad for her that her husband left, and we see her humanized more than Lady Macbeth because she has that scene with her son (V.ii.30-60). Lady Macbeth doesn’t get any scene that makes us like her more or feel that she deseves happiness, we only see her as a murderous woman who has a thirst for
Lady Macbeth is cold, harsh, and strong. She an advocate and supporter of her husband murdering someone, just for their own personal benefit. When her husband is thinking of not commiting the murder, she says that she would actually murder her own infant child if she had promised to (I.vii.47-60). Her personality fits well in this show because it contrasts with Macbeth’s personality, with Macbeth being hesitant about murdering someone in the beginning of the show (IV.vii.32-36), and Lady Macbeth having to be the one to convince him to do it (IV.vii.60-72). it shows how strong and ambitious she is, and how scared and hesitant he was, and it goes well together. Now we have another character whose personality goes against Lady Macbeth’s, Lady Macduff. Lady Macduff is seen as the loving …show more content…
She has a witty conversation with her son and obviously enjoys talking with him and it is clear that this is a good mother/son relationship. Thus we associate Lady Macduff with motherhood and femeninity, as opposed to Lady Macbeth who wishes that she could be a man (I.v.30-35) and wishes to be filled with cruelty to have the milk in her breasts turned to poison, which is the exact opposite of motherhood and femeninity. In this play, Lady Macduff is written to be pitied. We feel bad for her that her husband left, and we see her humanized more than Lady Macbeth because she has that scene with her son (V.ii.30-60). Lady Macbeth doesn’t get any scene that makes us like her more or feel that she deseves happiness, we only see her as a murderous woman who has a thirst for