Lady Macbeth Compared To Today

“Macbeth” is a Historically well known and famous work by William Shakespeare. It was written in time much different than today when life was completely different and seemingly had no comparisons to today’s time. However, I believe that Macbeth can be related closer to today’s time than people might realize. Lady Macbeth (Macbeth’s wife) in the play seems to replicate a psychopathic nutcase that in no way resembles anyway in modern society. However, She in many ways resembles a modern day college football coach and when you discuss college football coaches you have to the talk about the most successful college football coach of all time (in terms of wins and National Championships) Nick Saban. Lady Macbeth has far more strength of will than her husband. While he hesitates and is nervous of his powers and actions, she never wavers. “She needs no supernatural temptations to urge her on.”-shakespeare-online.com These traits and characteristics are also held by Nick Saban. Saban must have far more strength and will than his players in order to lead and be a role model for his players in the heat of a tight ball game or on …show more content…
She convinced him to do what it kill Duncan and frame the guards and many other things in order to get what he wanted by questioning his manhood “Was the hope drunk, wherein you dressed yourself.”-Act 1 scene 7. While to a much lesser extreme these are the same kinda tactics that football coaches use to recruit players to come play for their programs. Nick Saban uses the players desires to be champions and to be top draft picks one day when they are eligible to enter the NFL Draft one day. The University of Alabama (until this season when they were out recruited by Georgia) had recorded 7 straight number 1 recruiting classes in the country. This streak is extremely impressive and the number 1 reason that Alabama has sustained the level of success during the Nick Saban