How would you react if someone you trusted with all your being brutally murdered a kind and honorable friend and ally? Now, how would you react if you told them to do the deed? The point of view from Lady Macbeth is difficult to interpret because Shakespeare allows his actors to open different doors into the minds of his characters. Kate Fleetwood’s portrayal of Lady Macbeth in the 2010 adaptation of Macbeth, I think, is the most accurate interpretation so far. Fleetwood gives this woman power, dominance, and masculinity while maintaining grace, dignity, and nobility. What I admire most about her portrayal of Lady Macbeth is that she knows her vulnerability. On the outside Lady Macbeth may appear gentle toward her guests and she may try to
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However, in Act II Scene 2 she reveals that she is fearful and on the verge of madness. Fleetwood, as Lady Macbeth, is furiously frightened that the plan may have failed; she said, “Alack, I am afraid they have awakened, /and ‘tis not done. Th’ attempt and not the deed/confounds us,” as she clutched the sink. Here she is obviously doubting her husband and his ability to go through with the plan because she then says, “Had he (Duncan) not resembled/my father as he slept, I had done’t.” The contrast between her harsh remark, “I had done’t,” to the rest of the haunting whisper exposes her love toward her father and her hatred toward Duncan. After Macbeth, her husband, kills the honorable Duncan, he marches in, daggers in hand. They discuss what happened and Macbeth sounds as though he is speaking nonsense; “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor/shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.” This foolish gibberish frightens Lady Macbeth and she is concerned for her sanity and her husband’s sanity. She insists that he wash his hands and put this matter to rest, but when she sees that the daggers were not left at the scene, she
However, in Act II Scene 2 she reveals that she is fearful and on the verge of madness. Fleetwood, as Lady Macbeth, is furiously frightened that the plan may have failed; she said, “Alack, I am afraid they have awakened, /and ‘tis not done. Th’ attempt and not the deed/confounds us,” as she clutched the sink. Here she is obviously doubting her husband and his ability to go through with the plan because she then says, “Had he (Duncan) not resembled/my father as he slept, I had done’t.” The contrast between her harsh remark, “I had done’t,” to the rest of the haunting whisper exposes her love toward her father and her hatred toward Duncan. After Macbeth, her husband, kills the honorable Duncan, he marches in, daggers in hand. They discuss what happened and Macbeth sounds as though he is speaking nonsense; “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor/shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.” This foolish gibberish frightens Lady Macbeth and she is concerned for her sanity and her husband’s sanity. She insists that he wash his hands and put this matter to rest, but when she sees that the daggers were not left at the scene, she