Comparing Marriage In Macbeth And Wilson's Fences

While both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Wilson’s Fences showcase different styles of marriage in the dominant nature of the husband or wife, both plays reveal through impulsive behaviors and commanding words that the fate of a marriage’s stability lies in the level of communication. The authors use Troy and Lady Macbeth’s critical tendencies, and Macbeth and Troy’s jeopardizing behaviors to show how fragile this reliance can be, and prove marriage deserves mutual effort and respect to thrive.

The ego of Troy Maxson is a dog with both bark and bite, the kind of bark that annoys the restless neighbors by keeping them up all night, and the kind of bite that leaves a small white scar on your hand that you can tell a story about. Troy aims to keep

Macbeth’s relationship is given no background to their sinful schemes, all we know is their time of peak conflict. The pair become more and more separated act by act, which originally stems from the critical emotions Lady Macbeth exerts upon Macbeth to question his very manhood. The entire plot of the story unravels from the first in-person interaction between the couple. Following Macbeth’s soliloquy contemplating if “It were done when ‘tis done” (1.7), Lady Macbeth enters and weighs on him that if he weren’t to achieve what he desires, then “From this time I account thy love. Art thou afraid to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire?” (1.7). Again, there is not much background to their marriage, or how long they are together, but to leap to defining their marriage upon this choice is a very controlling ask. Macbeth is an accomplished figure and cares about his wife, but none of these accolades are enough for her unless he achieves further. Even following her successful motivation for the deed, his ultimately thankless task was not honored by Lady Macbeth but rather criticized. Macbeth is “Infirm of purpose”, and she commands him, “Give me the daggers”. The sleeping and the dead are but pictures. Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil” (2.2). While I agree that it is better to remove potential flaws in their plan, no criticism is

Whether it is a turn of nature for Macbeth, or he is fed up with being under the gun of his wife, Macbeth’s behavior becomes shady and secretive. After all, the pair are still in this together, but Macbeth is vague in his planning, very opposite from his letter and their conversation earlier in the play. Regarding Banquo and Fleance, he mysteriously explains that “there shall be done a deed of dreadful note” (3.2). Considering the sequence of murders that are unfolding, there is just concern for Lady Macbeth. But she is advised to “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed” (3.2). Until this point, it has become obvious that Lady Macbeth is not shy about the idea of using murder as a practice to remove obstacles. She loves her role and involvement, yet becomes shadowed by this part of the plan. Such a move would lead to questions about their trust. Avoiding transparency leads the rest of the play to involve more individual scenes of the two characters, rather than their interactions. But it is in one of their final scenes together that Macbeth disrupts the dinner party, and Lady Macbeth has to take full responsibility for covering up his episode, offering, “But as a thing of custom. Tis no other; Only it spoils the pleasure of the time” (3.3). Her honesty shows her impatience with