Lady Macbeth believes women can be equally or even more stronger than men. According to Lady Macbeth, she believes her husband is weak. After she reads the letter, she begins to calculate a plan to bring her status to a new level. However, once she has the plan figured out, the lack of respect she has for her husband is revealed. According to Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth says, “. Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldn’t be great.” Lady Macbeth says to unsex her because she is implying women are underestimated. Women are perceived in a harmless way, but underneath they are more than what they are showing. In addition, she implies Macbeth is filled with goodness and compassion;
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To use such features such as “the milk from her woman breasts”, she expresses her view on the strength, courage, and evil a woman can have. She turns something good such as breast milk, into something acidic, and poisoning. When a baby is born, the milk from the breast is intended to nurse a child. By nursing a child, the mother would provide it with nutrients to help it grow. By converting something naturally good into something evil, just shows how evil Lady Macbeth can be. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth shows ethos by questioning the courage of Macbeth. She demonstrates strong character when she tells Macbeth to flatter and deceit. She advices Macbeth to lure Duncan in with trust, and then attack when it is least expected. Moreover, Lady Macbeth establishes logos by manipulating Macbeth, in continuing with the plan to murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth believes she is sinister enough, to change Macbeth’s mindset. Although, Macbeth is planning to kill Duncan, he is not willing to go all in. Lady Macbeth believes if one truly wants something, one does whatever it takes to get it. This is what she is trying to change in Macbeth, although he has ambition, and no masculinity. She believes women can do the job at a much more
To use such features such as “the milk from her woman breasts”, she expresses her view on the strength, courage, and evil a woman can have. She turns something good such as breast milk, into something acidic, and poisoning. When a baby is born, the milk from the breast is intended to nurse a child. By nursing a child, the mother would provide it with nutrients to help it grow. By converting something naturally good into something evil, just shows how evil Lady Macbeth can be. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth shows ethos by questioning the courage of Macbeth. She demonstrates strong character when she tells Macbeth to flatter and deceit. She advices Macbeth to lure Duncan in with trust, and then attack when it is least expected. Moreover, Lady Macbeth establishes logos by manipulating Macbeth, in continuing with the plan to murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth believes she is sinister enough, to change Macbeth’s mindset. Although, Macbeth is planning to kill Duncan, he is not willing to go all in. Lady Macbeth believes if one truly wants something, one does whatever it takes to get it. This is what she is trying to change in Macbeth, although he has ambition, and no masculinity. She believes women can do the job at a much more