Lady Macbeth- Oh yes, Lady Macbeth, the evil wife of the infamous Macbeth, the one who convinced him to do the first unspeakable act, which created a domino effect into something much worse. Quite the opposite of her husband, the king slayer, he lacks every bit of humanity, and has no goal in life other than self-gain. This woman convinced her husband to kill a good man all so he can gain power, and in turn give her power as the queen. Lady Macbeth’s power and neutral gender role perspective is shown through a segment of her speech, when she stated, “Come, you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full-” (Shakespeare 36-37). This shows the ruthlessness of her outlook on life, and the manipulative power that she truly beholds. Her manipulative ways has created much trouble for the future of her, as well as her husband. Lady Macbeth holds Macbeth’s absence of courage over his head, at least what she perceives as his lack of courage, in order for him to do the things that she wishes.
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The Taming of the Shrew, to me at least, was perceived as a Shakespeare-type comedy with an important life message linked to it as well, whereas Macbeth is a gruesome story about a good man influenced negatively and turned evil as a result of two much power. I did, though, see a comparison between Katherine, the oldest daughter of Baptista, and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife. I felt a sense of similarity between these two characters because they are both empowering woman that have a certain set of rules to live by in each one of their individual minds. Yes, these characters have a multitude of dissimilarities amongst them, but they both started and ended up more or less in the same way; stripped of their empowerment, whether or not they are left with life
The Taming of the Shrew, to me at least, was perceived as a Shakespeare-type comedy with an important life message linked to it as well, whereas Macbeth is a gruesome story about a good man influenced negatively and turned evil as a result of two much power. I did, though, see a comparison between Katherine, the oldest daughter of Baptista, and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife. I felt a sense of similarity between these two characters because they are both empowering woman that have a certain set of rules to live by in each one of their individual minds. Yes, these characters have a multitude of dissimilarities amongst them, but they both started and ended up more or less in the same way; stripped of their empowerment, whether or not they are left with life