Free Essay on Shakespeare's Macbeth - Deceitful Lady Macbeth
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Deceitful Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth’s wicked character has an extreme impact towards her husband. Lady Macbeth is responsible for influencing her husband to commit both crimes; she unleashes the dark side of him and motivates him to become an evil and horrendous man. In various parts throughout the story we find that Lady Macbeth strives beyond limits to be converted into a bitter and sour women. The audience is revolted by her horrific actions and although she may seem repugnant, she is an extremely talented actor. In her role, having a deceitful and convincing character is important We start to see Lady Macbeth’s actions have a huge impact on Macbeth’s character as he transforms from a decent being to an overly bitter creature. The cause of his alteration is due to the fact that Lady Macbeth is constantly excreting heartless information into his mind. "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?" (I;vii;39-41) "And, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." (I;vii;50-51) Lady Macbeth uses these quotes to push her husband beyond limits and is therefore responsible for his dramatic change in attitude. She is constantly feeding his thoughts with negative comments and later on Macbeth realizes that he has another side to him. As he moves along to discover the concealed side of him, Macbeth falls in love with himself and begins to be drawn towards his evil desires. Because Lady Macbeth was the main cause of his new hidden discovery, she is fully responsible for opening up the door and letting the darkness in. This results in Macbeth committing both murders. In the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is overly whelmed by the letter she receives about Macbeth. This pushes her to the extreme and causes her to react outrageously. " Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here…make thick my blood…take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers…come thick night." (I;v;40-50) All these images of darkness and horror reveal the true character of Lady Macbeth; she feels the need to become wicked. Her attitude is even more horrific when she calls on evil spirits to come and possess her, taking control of her actions. This sort of behavior causes the audience and reader to assume Lady Macbeth is a psychopath, and therefore would have reason to hold her responsible for having a major impact on her husband and driving him off, enlightening a twisted sinister and threatening dark side of him.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's wicked character has an extreme impact towards her husband. she unleashes the dark side of him and motivates him to become an evil man.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's actions have a huge impact on his character as he transforms from decent being to an overly bitter creature. she is constantly excreting heartless information into his mind.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is overly whelmed by the letter she receives about her husband, which causes her to react outrageously.
- Analyzes lady macbeth's insane performance and negative impact on him, but the reader is able to identify her talented side. she has managed to completely twist the situation around into making herself presentable.
- Explains that lady macbeth's wicked behavior led him to become a murderer. we are all influenced under pressure, as we see and observe the actions of others around us.
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- Analyzes how shakespeare writes about lady macbeth, a strong and ambitiously powerful woman who believes her husband is not man enough to excel in completing the prophecy that the three witches have given to him.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth wants to manipulate her husband into becoming ruthless. she believes that he is not efficient in committing any harm towards others.
- Opines that lady macbeth changed her ideological views on being a woman through reading of the play. she took biological traits from women and morphed it into heinous.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth, a strong-willed character, is persuaded to kill duncan so that he will become king in his place.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth takes the role of the dominant partner in the play, by acting as the real power behind the throne.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth thinks that being gentle is a weakness. she tells him to wash his hands and change his clothes so people will not discover his crime.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth persuades him to achieve his goal of being king, but is unsure whether he can go through with the murder.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's last attempt to gain power is by organizing the murder of duncan.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth proves herself to be the real power behind the throne in shakespeare's play, stating that she defines her character as strong-willed and decisive, and plays the traditional male role in the marriage.
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- Analyzes how macbeth's greatest tragedy is the deterioration of its main characters. guilt should be held accountable for the degradation of a courageous and honorable character.
- Analyzes how macbeth's delusional state begins with the questioning of his ambition and capacity to obtain what he wants.
- Analyzes how macbeth and lady macbeth suffer from delusional mirages that are created by their conscience to make justice for their inhuman acts.
- Analyzes the meaningless killings of innocent people reflect the impairment of macbeth's judgment. the murders include king duncan, banquo, and macduff’s wife and son
- Analyzes how shakespeare includes symptoms of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. macbeth's guilt, witches' influence, and the collapse of character is brought on by a small, but fatal flaw within themselves.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare introduces the main character, lady macbeth, through the eyes of the one who knows him best, his wife. she shows that ambition can lead to violence.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reads her husband's letter about becoming the thane of cawdor and glamis, and plots the death of the king.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is confident that they will not be suspected for the murder of the king, and she assures him that if they do everything right he will become king.
- Narrates how macbeth decides to kill macduff, the one who flees the country to get an army together to overthrow him. his ambition turned into violence just as his wife's.
- Analyzes lady macbeth's ambition to have position and power led her to convince her husband to kill the king. she acted almost emotionless by saying that water would clean them from their deed.
- Narrates how lady macbeth was caught sleepwalking by a gentlewoman, who called the doctor to investigate what was happening. the doctor knew that she was saying things that god only knew.
- Analyzes how macbeth was confident that he would not be hurt because everyman was born of a woman and the woods cannot march.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth was a very important role in this play; she was the antagonist and pushed macbeth to become an animal. she questioned his manhood to get what she wanted.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is one of the most evil female characters in shakespeare's play. she brings violence, unchecked ambition and a conflict between femininity and masculinity to the forefront.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is the cause of the violence in the play.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth corrupted her husband's mind to do terrible things for her personal benefit, but she couldn't live with the consequences of her evil actions.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth has acted out a firm and masculine role as the wife of mac
- Concludes that macbeth and lady macbeth knew who they were, but didn't know that once everything began to happen, they would be totally different.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth's actions led to a series of consequences for both characters, which ultimately lead to their downfall.
- Opines that all tragedies need to begin somewhere, even if they are self-wrought. lady macbeth's calamity begins when she uses mockery to talk
- Analyzes how lady macbeth reprimands him for his lack of courage, insinuating that killing the king will make him a man. this selfishness makes it hard for the reader to be empathetic towards her later in the play.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's tragedy became self-wrought when she aided in killing king duncan, which ultimately drove her to madness.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's death was a suicide, and the audience can assume that it was out of guilt.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth was an excellent example of karma, the ancient belief that every action has a negative or positive reaction, balancing the universe.
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- Analyzes how macbeth is driven from his status as a well respected warrior and lord of not one, but two scottish regions to an unloyal murderer. his criminal actions lead to his tragic ending of life.
- Analyzes how macbeth is portrayed as a great leader and hero of many. he was influenced by the supernatural forces of the witches.
- Opines that lady macbeth played a large role in this tragedy. she persuaded her husband to kill the king so that she could be queen.
- Narrates how macbeth plans the murders of banquo and fleance's heir to the throne, but he remains calm until the ghost appears. he was engulfed with guilt and unable to function properly.
- Analyzes how macbeth's downfall continues. he plans the murder of every member of the macduff clan, even the scottie dog, in hopes that it will bring him back to scotland for one final duel.
- Analyzes how macbeth is defeated by macduff, a man delivered by caesarean section, just like the witch's had prophetised with the second apparition. his ambition is crushed and he is portrayed as dead butcher.
- Analyzes how macbeth killed his loved ones and deserved everything he received. a hero is a man of exceptional quality who wins admiration by his noble deeds
827 wordsRead More - Free Essay on Macbeth - The Guilt of Lady Macbethanalytical essayThe Guilt of Lady Macbeth Everyone is influenced by other people, including leaders or authority, to make the wrong decisions at some point in their lives. In the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is responsible for the evil doings of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is responsible for this by using his love for her to persuade him into killing King Duncan. Because Macbeth loved and trusted his wife, he was vulnerable to her opinions and suggestions. We also know that she is responsible for these heartless things because she has so much guilt that she commits suicide.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is responsible for the evil doings of the king, king duncan, by using his love for her to persuade him to kill him.
- Analyzes how macbeth meets three witches who tell him three prophecies that change his opinions on life and turn him into a greedy, dishonest, tyrant, full of ambition.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is the one that performs the preparations for the murder of king duncan, but still shows signs of humanity by not committing it herself. she calms him down to keep him from going insane.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's actions of tyranny began after duncan was found dead by macduff, but everyone assumed his watchmen were the murderers.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth proves the truth to this theory. the impulsive mistakes and power-hungry tactics littered the journey that ultimately ends in her death.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's the tragedy of macbeth illustrates two seemingly ordinary nobles whose lives intertwine in a whirlwind of power, corruption, and the supernatural resulting in their descents.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's character gradually disintegrates through a false portrayal of unyielding strength, an unsteady control of her husband and shifting involvement with supernatural powers.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is introduced as a dominant, controlling, heartless wife with an obsessive ambition to achieve kingship for her husband.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is horrified by blood and uses dramatic analogies to persuade her openly fragile husband to follow through with the first murder.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's graphic description reflects her straining desperation for his commitment. she must appear stronger to convince him to go along with her.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth imagines that she has the ability to hide her true emotions, though her mind is as frail as an egg. she isn't anything of the like in reality.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's shifting control over her husband is responsible for aggravating the struggle between her morality, devotion and "vaulting ambition."
- Analyzes how lady macbeth tries to ignore consequence and concentrates on securing her future as king of scotland. after the murder is plotted between the two, duncan decides to make a surprise appearance at
- Analyzes how lady macbeth tells her husband to put the "great business into my dispatch" and covers for him, who is defenseless to the overbearing tension residing in himself.
- Analyzes how the fire that once drove macbeth forward is now no more than a minute spark. she is beginning to lose that controlling stiffness.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's character flaw secures her authority in the play, which plants the seed for failure from beginning to end.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth summons the evil as if she can undermine the power of darkness to her advantage.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth creates wickedness instead of magnifying it. she embraces the darkness and welcomes it, believing she is too 'valorous' to be negatively affected by it; she goes delirious, carrying a lit candle wherever she walked.
- Analyzes how lady macduff expresses a compassion that she had never felt.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's decaying remorse had sunken into her brain, like a sump, slowly grabbing at her thoughts one by one. she is now engulfed in agony and sorrow.
- Concludes that lady macbeth's character gradually disintegrates through a false portrayal of unyielding strength, an unsteady control of her husband, and shifting involvement with supernatural powers.
1848 wordsRead More - Free Essays - The Manipulative Lady Macbethanalytical essayThe Manipulative Lady Macbeth In certain situations, women are the downfall of men. Macbeth is a prime example on how women influence men. We are going to probe into the hidden lives of Lord and Lady Macbeth, and show how without Lady Macbeth, Macbeth would have lived and prospered. Lady Macbeth was a small but very important part of the play Macbeth.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is a prime example of how women influence men.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth was the inital force to make this entire play roll along. she kept everything to themselves after the killing of duncan and banquo.
- Opines that lady macbeth was the reason that this play was what it is. if she had been a wife who didn't argue with her husband and did what he said, none of this would have happened.
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