Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were first seen together in Act I Scene V after the witches prophesied that Macbeth would become King of Scotland. Their common aspiration to satisfy the witches' prophecy is the driving force of their relationship. However, while Macbeth was willing to sit tight for fate to follow through, Lady Macbeth had a clear fervor to seize the crown; unfortunately, this aspiration twisted their relationship as both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth turned into completely different people. Macbeth went from being a strong and well respected man to a harsh, evil, and callous killer while Lady Macbeth went from being strong willed and controlling to a terrified and paranoid child.
At first, Lady Macbeth appeared to be the one who wore …show more content…
Macbeth, once crowned, ascended in power while his wife descended in importance. All conjugal fondness was lost. She regretted that "Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content."(Shakespeare, 46) Meanwhile, he arranged the murder of Banquo and, unlike the killing of Duncan, left her out of it, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck."(Shakespeare, 48) His change from "dearest love"(Shakespeare, 18) to "dearest chuck"(Shakespeare, 48) demonstrated loss of emotional bonding and equality, and following their disastrous royal banquet, she called him "sir."(Shakespeare, 55) Macbeth turned into a harsh, evil, and callous tyrant, unquestionably choosing to kill whoever may undermine his time on the throne.
Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's avarice and aspiration for the throne blinded them from their surroundings and deteriorated their relationship to the point where Macbeth barely seemed to be care about anything.
In conclusion, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is very complicated since they are both driven by power which in the end makes them mad. Lady Macbeth's predominant figure in the relationship shrunk into an anxious childlike figure, a major contrast from the character she was at the start of the play. Similarly, Macbeth turned into an eccentric, supremacy seeker. Through Shakespeare's use of language, it was clear that he tried to portray Macbeth's change in character by making him feel nothing but
At first, Lady Macbeth appeared to be the one who wore …show more content…
Macbeth, once crowned, ascended in power while his wife descended in importance. All conjugal fondness was lost. She regretted that "Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content."(Shakespeare, 46) Meanwhile, he arranged the murder of Banquo and, unlike the killing of Duncan, left her out of it, "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck."(Shakespeare, 48) His change from "dearest love"(Shakespeare, 18) to "dearest chuck"(Shakespeare, 48) demonstrated loss of emotional bonding and equality, and following their disastrous royal banquet, she called him "sir."(Shakespeare, 55) Macbeth turned into a harsh, evil, and callous tyrant, unquestionably choosing to kill whoever may undermine his time on the throne.
Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's avarice and aspiration for the throne blinded them from their surroundings and deteriorated their relationship to the point where Macbeth barely seemed to be care about anything.
In conclusion, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is very complicated since they are both driven by power which in the end makes them mad. Lady Macbeth's predominant figure in the relationship shrunk into an anxious childlike figure, a major contrast from the character she was at the start of the play. Similarly, Macbeth turned into an eccentric, supremacy seeker. Through Shakespeare's use of language, it was clear that he tried to portray Macbeth's change in character by making him feel nothing but