Lady Macbeth Act And Think Like A Man

A Woman Act and Think Like a Man Lady Macbeth is the most famous female character in one of the William Shakespeare’s play, which is called Macbeth. In this great play, Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s wife, she is the greatest and highest influence to Macbeth. Simultaneously, she plays an important role on manipulating Macbeth 's rising and falling claim in his process of become a Lord. Lady Macbeth is a woman who is brave, intelligent, and decisive. Although in the Shakespeare 's time, women were regarded as insignificant and unrespectable, in this play, Lady Macbeth is very important to Macbeth and everyone is very respected her. Most importantly, Lady Macbeth is the one who gives the biggest influence in the process of her husband becoming the Lord. Besides, in this play, Lady Macbeth has many soliloquies, they are powerful and formidable. Through those soliloquies, audiences will realize she is a woman with manliness, cruelness, and ruthlessness. …show more content…
In both of this soliloquies, while Lady Macbeth is speaking to herself, she is often speaking with an insidious tone and in a dark place. A.C Bradley indicates, “Darkness…it is remarkable that almost all he scenes which at once recur to memory take place either at night or in some dark spot” (p24). For instance, the scenes that Lady Macbeth plans to kill Duncan is at night, the time she receives the letter from Macbeth is at a dark place, and when she notices Duncan will come to her castle is also at night. All of this scenes are creating an atmosphere of sinister. Moreover, in the article “Shakespeare’s Tragedies: An Introduction,” which written by Dieter Mehl, mentions, “…Lady Macbeth is presented to us in these images as a power that is fruitful and constructive” (p114). According to these soliloquies, Lady Macbeth is a very powerful and determined person, once she makes a decision she will go on to it although she knows that is