A victim is one who is deceived by the dishonesty of others. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, many character are lied to and deceived by others. The entire Kingdom of Scotland was brought to ruins by these deceits. The misfortune of the Kingdom can be traced back to one person, Lady Macbeth. Her interactions with Macbeth and her plan to kill the king has brought the Kingdom of Scotland to ruins. Lady Macbeth is not the true victim because of her ambition, villainous nature, and her relation to Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s longing for more power makes her manipulative, causing her character to seem more of a villain than a victim. After Macbeth returns from the witches he goes to Lady Macbeth and tells her what the witches said. Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth has a soliloquy in the scene where she states her desire for power by making Macbeth king. She wants to “Pour my spirits in thine ear” (1,5,29), Her plan is to put Macbeth in power by killing the current king, Duncan. Macbeth is a kind soul at this time of the play, as he is a noble man that is friends with the king and is very trusting of his wife. Lady Macbeth and uses her relationship with Macbeth to her advantage by emotionally manipulating him. She convinces Macbeth to kill the king by constantly berating him and emasculating him, diminishing his character as a man. Lady Macbeth feels that Duncan is just a minor enemy in her pursuit of power, and he made “The fatal entrance… Under [her] battlements.” (1.5.46-47) The word battlements refers to the square holes at the top of a castle; archers shoot through them to defend. Lady Macbeth uses this word to portray how she see perceives Duncan, as an enemy to her castle that can be easily stricken down, her castle representing the desire to become queen. Villainous acts can be seen almost everywhere in literature and the real world.. Malala states terrorists run rampant where she lives and “terrorism… stop[s] children to go to their schools.”(Malala) She shares info about terrorists stopping and killing women who want to go to school to learn. The fact that they are stopping people from receiving an education gives more reason to the idea terrorists are evil people. Lady Macbeth and the terrorists have something in common, they are both ruthless. The terrorists kill many innocent people. Lady Macbeth does not kill anyone, but she does the next worse thing, which is the manipulation of Macbeth to kill. Not only does she turn Macbeth into a ruthless killing machine, but she also feels no remorse for making him do so. Lady Macbeth remarks “Why, worthy thane, You do unbend your noble strength to think So
Lady Macbeth has a soliloquy in the scene where she states her desire for power by making Macbeth king. She wants to “Pour my spirits in thine ear” (1,5,29), Her plan is to put Macbeth in power by killing the current king, Duncan. Macbeth is a kind soul at this time of the play, as he is a noble man that is friends with the king and is very trusting of his wife. Lady Macbeth and uses her relationship with Macbeth to her advantage by emotionally manipulating him. She convinces Macbeth to kill the king by constantly berating him and emasculating him, diminishing his character as a man. Lady Macbeth feels that Duncan is just a minor enemy in her pursuit of power, and he made “The fatal entrance… Under [her] battlements.” (1.5.46-47) The word battlements refers to the square holes at the top of a castle; archers shoot through them to defend. Lady Macbeth uses this word to portray how she see perceives Duncan, as an enemy to her castle that can be easily stricken down, her castle representing the desire to become queen. Villainous acts can be seen almost everywhere in literature and the real world.. Malala states terrorists run rampant where she lives and “terrorism… stop[s] children to go to their schools.”(Malala) She shares info about terrorists stopping and killing women who want to go to school to learn. The fact that they are stopping people from receiving an education gives more reason to the idea terrorists are evil people. Lady Macbeth and the terrorists have something in common, they are both ruthless. The terrorists kill many innocent people. Lady Macbeth does not kill anyone, but she does the next worse thing, which is the manipulation of Macbeth to kill. Not only does she turn Macbeth into a ruthless killing machine, but she also feels no remorse for making him do so. Lady Macbeth remarks “Why, worthy thane, You do unbend your noble strength to think So