Characterization Of Lady Macbeth

Shakespeare’s piece, as an immeasurable ravine, would always be inaccessible for me to read due to the ancient English and the ancient background under which all the story had token place. I remember the first time of reading Macbeth was when I was in 8 grades. I was too young to appreciate the tragical theme; thus, my first impression of Macbeth was barely left, except knowing its short length. When I was watching the actual Shakespeare playing on the stage, my memory of my earlier reading suddenly was retrieved. However, in the end, Macbeth still left lots of questions for me to concern. The question which has haunted me most would be why Macbeth had been so frightened of killing Duncan and Banquo? Macbeth is the thane of Glamis, and he

When her husband reveals his indecisiveness on whether he should process the assassination, Lady Macbeth relentlessly accuses Macbeth’s fear of rebellion. She fully understands Macbeth’s desire and weakness; thus, she first utilizes their love to satirize Macbeth, and then questions Macbeth’s manhood which is the most serious taboo for any soldier by saying: “…live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dear not’ wait upon ‘I would’.” Obviously, Lady Macbeth’s eloquence immediately impacts on Macbeth so that he commits to kill the king Duncan and “become a man.” Even though the argument against Lady Macbeth might focusing on she provokes Macbeth’s evil ambition and directly causes Macbeth’s death, I think Lady Macbeth forces Macbeth to face his greedy ambition of being a King and strive for the ambition without

When her husband panicky looks at his bloody hands after killing the King Duncan and forgets to leave the daggers besides the dead Duncan, Lady Macbeth puts the daggers in the right place and comes back with the same pair of bloody hands without fears. Additionally, during the banquet, when Macbeth has the delusion of which Banquo’s ghost was siting in his place and stumbles on the ground saying the words with nonsense, Lady Macbeth feels so embarrassed that she draws her husband aside and yells at him: “Are you a man?” This scene makes me recall the plot of The Glass Menagerie, which Amanda forces Laura to open the door for Jim and Tom. Macbeth, as Laura, is too fragile to face the crucial consequence of seizing power; and Lady Macbeth, as Macbeth’s parent, pushes her husband to grow up as a