The Question Of Lady Macbeth 's Morals Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1605. This play highlights the life of a man named Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. While reading one may easily see the contrast between the two characters regarding their morals and roles in the play. Throughout this piece of literature the two characters go through many trials. Lady Macbeth is the first character to forget her morals. She begins showing her evil nature early on through many actions. The first of these actions is coercing Macbeth to commit murder. Macbeth then goes into a downward emotional spiral. This shows that Macbeth has somewhat higher morals. This play 's controversial actions and displays of violence has brought upon
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Consequently, with the evidence in the novel and from other sources, it is easily conceivable that women in Macbeth have lower morals than that of the male characters in this play. In order to understand Lady Macbeth 's morals, one must analyze her character as a whole. Lady Macbeth is brought into the play early on, and is perceived as heartless abruptly. One of the first things she asks for is on page twenty one of Macbeth, she begs for "the spirits that tend on moral thoughts" to take away all of her femininity. In her case, she was wishing to not have the properties of women. This leads Lady Macbeth to lack care and have the absence of a conscience. Due to Lady Macbeth 's wish being granted, she is able to boldly lie to her upcoming victim, King Duncan, thus revealing one of her more dominant qualities, ruthlessness. Although Lady Macbeth is seen as stronger and more evil, she does not believe that she will be able to commit the crime of murder. She feels as if her sex restricts her. As the reader can see, Lady Macbeth is the one who begins the plot for the murder of Duncan, only including her husband when she must. This shows that Lady Macbeth is the one whom had the terrible idea in the …show more content…
During this scene Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo. Banquo was killed through the order of Macbeth. These two men were once great friends, they fought side by side in the opening scene and had great trust for one another. This shows how Lady Macbeth corrupted Macbeth with her low moral standards. Throughout the corruption, Macbeth is still quite different from Lady Macbeth morally. After the murder of Banquo, Macbeth saw his past friend 's ghost and felt a sense of regret and terror, showing that he is not as emotionless as Lady Macbeth. Referring back to Act I of Macbeth, after the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth did not have any regrets nor was she haunted by the realization of what she had planned. At no time during Act I did Lady Macbeth show any sign of seeing or feeling terrible about her actions and plots against her king, claiming to be his friend just before the murder. The way that she betrays him and shows no sense of reflection lets the reader see how little Lady Macbeth cared about her sins and lack of
Consequently, with the evidence in the novel and from other sources, it is easily conceivable that women in Macbeth have lower morals than that of the male characters in this play. In order to understand Lady Macbeth 's morals, one must analyze her character as a whole. Lady Macbeth is brought into the play early on, and is perceived as heartless abruptly. One of the first things she asks for is on page twenty one of Macbeth, she begs for "the spirits that tend on moral thoughts" to take away all of her femininity. In her case, she was wishing to not have the properties of women. This leads Lady Macbeth to lack care and have the absence of a conscience. Due to Lady Macbeth 's wish being granted, she is able to boldly lie to her upcoming victim, King Duncan, thus revealing one of her more dominant qualities, ruthlessness. Although Lady Macbeth is seen as stronger and more evil, she does not believe that she will be able to commit the crime of murder. She feels as if her sex restricts her. As the reader can see, Lady Macbeth is the one who begins the plot for the murder of Duncan, only including her husband when she must. This shows that Lady Macbeth is the one whom had the terrible idea in the …show more content…
During this scene Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo. Banquo was killed through the order of Macbeth. These two men were once great friends, they fought side by side in the opening scene and had great trust for one another. This shows how Lady Macbeth corrupted Macbeth with her low moral standards. Throughout the corruption, Macbeth is still quite different from Lady Macbeth morally. After the murder of Banquo, Macbeth saw his past friend 's ghost and felt a sense of regret and terror, showing that he is not as emotionless as Lady Macbeth. Referring back to Act I of Macbeth, after the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth did not have any regrets nor was she haunted by the realization of what she had planned. At no time during Act I did Lady Macbeth show any sign of seeing or feeling terrible about her actions and plots against her king, claiming to be his friend just before the murder. The way that she betrays him and shows no sense of reflection lets the reader see how little Lady Macbeth cared about her sins and lack of