Despite the fact that a single woman ruled England during the Elizabethan era, women were highly dominated by the patriarchy. Shakespeare defied the laws set by his society, and made some spectacular plays that revolved around women and gave women a different dimension as to what they are stereotyped to be. In particular, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth portrayed a very powerful, strong and almost masculine female character, most commonly known as Lady Macbeth. Even though Lady Macbeth seems stable in the beginning of the play, the deeds that she has done throughout the play and will torment her, resulting in Lady Macbeth being a victim of her own fantasy. Lady Macbeth might seem like sweet and innocent woman to the other characters in the play
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Lady Macbeth has proved wrong every single stereotype that has been thrown towards her ever since the play began. Since the beginning of the play, readers never see the caring, loving wife that they expected to see from Lady Macbeth but instead they are faced with a character that as soon as she got the letter from Macbeth addressing what had happened after the battle, she starts planning murder, not a typical female character readers would think especially not during the Elizabethan Era. Lady Macbeth’s character is represented remarkably in the first line she has spoken after she has read Macbeth’s letter in Act 1, Scene 5, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised”. This line …show more content…
The play starts off with a strong, manipulative Lady Macbeth that doesn’t think twice about killing King Duncan but a while after the deed has been performed, her alpha female persona starts to disintegrate and her guilt starts to take over. As a result, her conscience starts to overpower her and deteriorates her mental and physical condition. Lady Macbeth eventually falls to her own death due to her immense desire for power, her malicious disregard for humanity and finally, her guilt that starts to take over her mind and torment her. Lady Macbeth is a great symbolization of the quote, “I might seem strong, but I break”, where Lady Macbeth seems strong and stable in society but is actually afflicted by all the deeds that she has done and now
Lady Macbeth has proved wrong every single stereotype that has been thrown towards her ever since the play began. Since the beginning of the play, readers never see the caring, loving wife that they expected to see from Lady Macbeth but instead they are faced with a character that as soon as she got the letter from Macbeth addressing what had happened after the battle, she starts planning murder, not a typical female character readers would think especially not during the Elizabethan Era. Lady Macbeth’s character is represented remarkably in the first line she has spoken after she has read Macbeth’s letter in Act 1, Scene 5, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised”. This line …show more content…
The play starts off with a strong, manipulative Lady Macbeth that doesn’t think twice about killing King Duncan but a while after the deed has been performed, her alpha female persona starts to disintegrate and her guilt starts to take over. As a result, her conscience starts to overpower her and deteriorates her mental and physical condition. Lady Macbeth eventually falls to her own death due to her immense desire for power, her malicious disregard for humanity and finally, her guilt that starts to take over her mind and torment her. Lady Macbeth is a great symbolization of the quote, “I might seem strong, but I break”, where Lady Macbeth seems strong and stable in society but is actually afflicted by all the deeds that she has done and now