Macbeth, one of the many classic plays written by William Shakespeare, is a portal to the classical world. During the time this play was written, the individual gender roles of men and women were very different from the gender roles now practiced in the modern world, but Macbeth introduces a major change in the roles. You can see this change through the character Lady Macbeth. In the play, Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a powerful woman, but Lady Macbeth slowly starts to fall apart through the tragedy. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is already starting to show signs of being a powerful woman. Lady Macbeth, powered by ambition, tries to get Macbeth to kill King Duncan, in order to become King. When Macbeth seems reluctant, Lady Macbeth humiliates him. She says Macbeth is “too full jo'th' milk of human kindness" (1.5.17).
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(1.7.50-52)”. Lady Macbeth just referred to herself as more of a man than Macbeth himself.
Lady Macbeth eventually convinces Macbeth to do her bidding, but she soon realizes she has turned her husband into a monster. Lady Macbeth’s actions result in a breakdown. Lady Macbeth's guilty conscience is then revealed, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!". Later, Lady Macbeth goes on to kill herself. Macbeth barely responds to her death. Macbeth has been transformed into a monster by Lady Macbeth. Macbeth, blinded by his own ambition, later get beheaded by Macduff.
The destruction Macbeth’s well-being is caused by Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was blinded by her own ambition, which leads her to make Macbeth do all the things she wants to be done, which results in a monster being blinded by his own ambition. Lady Macbeth is too concerned about what she wants to be done that she doesn't care what she needs to do to get it. Lady Macbeth's ambition to be on the throne causes her to do the unthinkable, resulting in the deaths of herself and
(1.7.50-52)”. Lady Macbeth just referred to herself as more of a man than Macbeth himself.
Lady Macbeth eventually convinces Macbeth to do her bidding, but she soon realizes she has turned her husband into a monster. Lady Macbeth’s actions result in a breakdown. Lady Macbeth's guilty conscience is then revealed, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!". Later, Lady Macbeth goes on to kill herself. Macbeth barely responds to her death. Macbeth has been transformed into a monster by Lady Macbeth. Macbeth, blinded by his own ambition, later get beheaded by Macduff.
The destruction Macbeth’s well-being is caused by Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was blinded by her own ambition, which leads her to make Macbeth do all the things she wants to be done, which results in a monster being blinded by his own ambition. Lady Macbeth is too concerned about what she wants to be done that she doesn't care what she needs to do to get it. Lady Macbeth's ambition to be on the throne causes her to do the unthinkable, resulting in the deaths of herself and