Lady Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's most strongest characters. In the Elizabethan times (the time Shakespeare made the play), women were usually expected to be a mother and a hostess, traditional female roles but Shakespeare creates the character of Lady Macbeth that is different from the traditional women in his time which shocked a lot of people. Lady Macbeth is
When Lady Macbeth reads the letter from Macbeth she reacts by saying, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be
What thou art promised", which makes see the weak will of her husband and the strength she has. The words she uses immediately after she meets with Macbeth, show that her plans had already been formed: "Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter."
Lady Macbeth will and ambition is far greater than Macbeth when they meet a second time to plan the murder of Duncan.
Macbeth: "If we should fail?"
Lady Macbeth: "We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we'll not fail."
This shows how Lady Macbeth is more of the husband rather than the wife and Macbeth is the wife because of his hesitation but Lady Macbeth is aware of her power and ambition and with no stop until she has fulfilled that ambition.
Macbeth also shows the effect her power has upon him, when he says:
"Bring forth men-children only,
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males."
When Lady Macbeth reads the letter from Macbeth she reacts by saying, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be
What thou art promised", which makes see the weak will of her husband and the strength she has. The words she uses immediately after she meets with Macbeth, show that her plans had already been formed: "Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter."
Lady Macbeth will and ambition is far greater than Macbeth when they meet a second time to plan the murder of Duncan.
Macbeth: "If we should fail?"
Lady Macbeth: "We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we'll not fail."
This shows how Lady Macbeth is more of the husband rather than the wife and Macbeth is the wife because of his hesitation but Lady Macbeth is aware of her power and ambition and with no stop until she has fulfilled that ambition.
Macbeth also shows the effect her power has upon him, when he says:
"Bring forth men-children only,
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males."
Copyright Shaun Javellana