Lady Macbeth Diary Entry

I’ll make a man out of you!
Dear diary, all this time I have been talking about Murder, death, me and my husband’s plans. All this chaos around me which I have created!!
But now I want to write about my favorite song- I’ll make a man out of you! I doubt there is any other song closer to me, more relevant than this! From the beginning I had to be the man in our relationship! I, Lady Macbeth the Queen had to be more powerful, dominant, ruthless and cruel than my husband to receive this crown of mine. After killing Duncan I thought he would finally become a real man, but no.. I was wrong. He kept acting like a coward, mulling over the crimes we have committed. He still spends every waking moment in fear and every night embroiled in nightmares. He even envies Duncan, who now sleeps peacefully in his grave! Million reasons why I should be strong, I need to be his spine and keep trying to make him a man! Just like in a song:
“You are a spineless, pale, pathetic lot and you haven’t got a clue. Somehow I’ll make a man out of you!”
His greatest worry of the moment is that the witches' prophecy will also come true for Banquo, making his children kings. I had to remind him that they are by no means immortal and don’t have more power than him! I warned him to act cheerful in front of

the dinner guests we had for the night.
Like usual I was playing the role of a kind hearted hostess, pretending to be nice enough and didn’t intrude in their conversation, but listened to every word.

Suddenly out of the blue Macbeth asked “Which one of you have done this”. All of us were shocked and Macbeth continued his craziness. Ross told his gentlemen to rise and had a doubt about Macbeth’s health conditions. I like usual stepped into the rescue. I convinced those at the table that nothing was precisely wrong with Macbeth. He said to me that Banquo’s ghost was sitting on his place! My husband is going crazy! I said to him: “ This is the very painting of your fear, This is the air-drawn dagger which you said Led you to

Duncan".
Just like many other times I tried to make a man out of him by calming him down and as my favorite song goes:” Heed my every order and you might survive”