Role Reversal of the Macbeths
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth chronicles the ambition of its two main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Their lust for power drives them to tyranny, manipulation, and murder. Their ambition also drives them into arrogance, madness, and death. Lady Macbeth is one of the most powerful female characters in literature. The Macbeths’ marriage, while to the public might seem normal, is anything but that. In public Macbeth is known as a fierce, courageous hero, and Lady Macbeth plays a dutiful housewife and hostess. But in private, the stereotypical husband-wife dynamic completely flips. Lady Macbeth establishes herself at the beginning as the dominant force behind their marriage. When Macbeth receives his prophecy
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth chronicles the ambition of its two main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Their lust for power drives them to tyranny, manipulation, and murder. Their ambition also drives them into arrogance, madness, and death. Lady Macbeth is one of the most powerful female characters in literature. The Macbeths’ marriage, while to the public might seem normal, is anything but that. In public Macbeth is known as a fierce, courageous hero, and Lady Macbeth plays a dutiful housewife and hostess. But in private, the stereotypical husband-wife dynamic completely flips. Lady Macbeth establishes herself at the beginning as the dominant force behind their marriage. When Macbeth receives his prophecy