In The Tragedy of Macbeth and Wuthering Heights, Shakespeare and Bronte introduces relationships with a power struggle between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Catherine, and Heathcliff.
Lady Macbeth is a treacherous and cunning woman. She tricks her husband into killing king Duncan by telling him that he is a coward and that a real man would follow his ambitions so that Macbeth could be king.Catherine Thomas explains “Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth borrows from earlier “ monstrous women” stereotypes but also provides an iconic model for later interpretations of her character.(81)” Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that if their dead child was alive she would rip the baby from her nipple and smash his head against the stone wall. Of course, there is a possibility …show more content…
Lady Macduff was good natured and did not deserve to die but Lady Macbeth followed her evil ambitions and decided to kill herself. Catherine Thomas research shows that Lady Macbeth was no ordinary woman. “In this way, she becomes safely contained as a figure from the past and/or an other, and thus alien from “normal” Victorian women.(82)”Lady Macduff was a regular woman back in Shakespeare’s era. “Through visual rhetorical markers, Lady Macbeth’s power is explained through old tropes of witchcraft and physical seduction, and once her plot is foiled and her position of wife is less central, she fades away into madness and eventually, suicidal death.(84)” Both these women were mad at their husbands for different reasons. Lady Macduff was angry at her husband for fleeing the country and leaving his family unprotected; which his family ended up dying. Lady Macbeth was angry at her husband for not following his …show more content…
At first, she was a normal victorian woman in the Renaissance Era. She might have gone mad because her child died in her womb. A lot of women would grieve usually but Lady Macbeth just loses her mind and transforms into this monster. “On the darker side, throughout the 1800s, Lady Macbeth is compared with witches, demons, viragos, snake-women, and iconic “evil women” like Medea.(82)” The people of Shakespeare’s time would look at Lady Macbeth and would disagree with her character. “Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me here” speech in and of itself may be considered iconic for all the critical acclaim it has produce, both onstage and on the
Lady Macbeth is a treacherous and cunning woman. She tricks her husband into killing king Duncan by telling him that he is a coward and that a real man would follow his ambitions so that Macbeth could be king.Catherine Thomas explains “Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth borrows from earlier “ monstrous women” stereotypes but also provides an iconic model for later interpretations of her character.(81)” Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that if their dead child was alive she would rip the baby from her nipple and smash his head against the stone wall. Of course, there is a possibility …show more content…
Lady Macduff was good natured and did not deserve to die but Lady Macbeth followed her evil ambitions and decided to kill herself. Catherine Thomas research shows that Lady Macbeth was no ordinary woman. “In this way, she becomes safely contained as a figure from the past and/or an other, and thus alien from “normal” Victorian women.(82)”Lady Macduff was a regular woman back in Shakespeare’s era. “Through visual rhetorical markers, Lady Macbeth’s power is explained through old tropes of witchcraft and physical seduction, and once her plot is foiled and her position of wife is less central, she fades away into madness and eventually, suicidal death.(84)” Both these women were mad at their husbands for different reasons. Lady Macduff was angry at her husband for fleeing the country and leaving his family unprotected; which his family ended up dying. Lady Macbeth was angry at her husband for not following his …show more content…
At first, she was a normal victorian woman in the Renaissance Era. She might have gone mad because her child died in her womb. A lot of women would grieve usually but Lady Macbeth just loses her mind and transforms into this monster. “On the darker side, throughout the 1800s, Lady Macbeth is compared with witches, demons, viragos, snake-women, and iconic “evil women” like Medea.(82)” The people of Shakespeare’s time would look at Lady Macbeth and would disagree with her character. “Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me here” speech in and of itself may be considered iconic for all the critical acclaim it has produce, both onstage and on the