Passion and motivation help lead to success,“the question isn’t who’s going to let me; it's who is going to stop me” once said by infamous activist Aya Rand. In the play Macbeth, the author, William Shakespeare, emphasizes the distribution of gender roles by breaking away from the stereotypes that men are always dominant. Lady Macbeth, is one of Shakespeare’s most intimidating female characters contradicting his other plays where women, are often belittled. Lady Macbeth is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She breaks away from the stereotype and actually becomes the greatest evil in the play and the mastermind behind all of Macbeth’s evil actions. Lady Macbeth is an essential character to this play because she is manipulative, ambitious for success, and ruthless towards others.
Lady Macbeth manipulates everyone in the play, especially her husband. Almost immediately after reading Macbeth’s letters, she starts to plan ways to ensure that Macbeth becomes king. By constantly questioning Macbeth’s manhood, she uses manipulation to force him to arrive at the conclusion of needing to kill Duncan to prove himself. “When you durst do it, then you are man/ And to be more than what you were, you would/ Be so much more a man” (1.7.51-53). During their conversation, Lady …show more content…
When she first hears the witches prophecy, she forces Macbeth to do things that he would not normally do so that she can gain the title, Queen of Scotland.
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be
What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it.” (1.5.15-20)
Lady Macbeth doesn’t doubt whether or not her husband has ambition, she doubts his strength of will. While Macbeth hesitates at the thought of abusing his power as Thane, she doesn’t even
Lady Macbeth manipulates everyone in the play, especially her husband. Almost immediately after reading Macbeth’s letters, she starts to plan ways to ensure that Macbeth becomes king. By constantly questioning Macbeth’s manhood, she uses manipulation to force him to arrive at the conclusion of needing to kill Duncan to prove himself. “When you durst do it, then you are man/ And to be more than what you were, you would/ Be so much more a man” (1.7.51-53). During their conversation, Lady …show more content…
When she first hears the witches prophecy, she forces Macbeth to do things that he would not normally do so that she can gain the title, Queen of Scotland.
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be
What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it.” (1.5.15-20)
Lady Macbeth doesn’t doubt whether or not her husband has ambition, she doubts his strength of will. While Macbeth hesitates at the thought of abusing his power as Thane, she doesn’t even