Shakespeare's Macbeth - Persuasiveness of Lady Macbeth
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The Persuasiveness of Lady Macbeth
When considering a dilemma, we usually turn towards those we love for advice, since they are the ones to whom we listen. In William Shakespears' Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is greatly responsible for the killing of King Duncan. Lady Macbeth reveals her secret evil nature, which pushes her towards her evil doings. Once Macbeth learns his prophecy to be king, she immediately convinces and persuades Macbeth into following her plan. Towards the end, when the crimes have been committed, Lady Macbeth shows weakness and guilt for her evil deeds.
Lady Macbeth expresses a hidden evil throughout the play. Behind closed doors, she shows her evil by voicing her heartless phrases to herself. She shows she has no love but for her evil and knows no bounderies when it comes to having her way. "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" Shows that Lady Macbeth knows that she is evil and is wishing that she could share her evil with Macbeth. "Make thick my blood, Stop up th' Access and Passage to remorse." Expresses Lady Macbeth wanting more evil and is asking for her blood to stop the passage through her heart, so she can continue her evil ways without any remorse or guilt. Although Lady Macbeth is evil, she knows well not to convey this trait to the public, but to be pleasant and sweet to the king and others.
Once Macbeth is told his prophecy of being king by the witches, he soon writes a letter to his wife explaining his newly found future, hoping to find some advice in return. Instead, Lady Macbeth quickly begins to think how life could be greater if he were king now. She then persuades Macbeth into killing King Duncan. "And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." says Lady Macbeth, trying to change her husbands mind. She shows Macbeth that if they follow her plan exactly and show remorse for the kings' death. They would not fail, "Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our greifs and clamor roar upon his death?"
Towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth shows weakness and guilt for her evil plans, and begins to go crazy. "Out damned spot! Out, I say!" " Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him" "The Thane of Fife had a wife.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the persuasiveness of lady macbeth in william shakespears' "mcbeth". she is responsible for the killing of king duncan.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth expresses a hidden evil by voicing her heartless phrases to herself. she knows no bounderies when it comes to having her way.
- Narrates how lady macbeth persuades her husband to kill king duncan and show remorse for the kings' death.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth shows weakness and guilt for her evil plans, and begins to go crazy.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth was introduced as a strong character, unwilling to give up on her ambitions. she was partly responsible for the murder of the king and banquo.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth uses her cunning and deceptive feminine ways to drug the guards to make the doors to king duncan's chamber open.
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- Analyzes how lady macbeth is one of william shakespeare's most famous and frightening female characters. her role is significant in his rise and fall from royalty.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth is a dominant character as soon as she is introduced into the play. her thirst for power and disregard for life was shocking to the audience.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth proved to support her husband by using her strengths to make up for his weakness by consoling him during the decline of his insanity
- Analyzes how macbeth's guilt develops further and his sense of judgment becomes an issue for him. he is certain he sees the ghost of his murdered former companion, banquo.
- Analyzes lady macbeth's skill throughout the play was to compensate for her husband’s shortcomings as well.
- Analyzes how macbeth's knowledge of the witches' prophecies proves his dedication and love for her. they are close, but the conspiracy holds them together.
- Analyzes how the relationship declines further in act 3 scenes 1-3. as time prevails, she has lost much of the power she once had over macbeth. he fails to inform her of other murders simply because she is no longer needed.
- Analyzes how the murder of duncan destroyed lady macbeth's relationship with her husband. she sleep-walks and attempts to remove imaginary blood stains off her hands.
- Analyzes how lady macbeth's role in the play was crucial to the development of the plot, and she realizes that the crown has not brought her happiness.
- Cites bradley, a.c., and john russell brown. shakespearean tragedy. introduction to the forth edition.
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