Lady Macbeth And The Tempest Essay

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There are many important characters in the Shakespeare plays “Macbeth” and “The Tempest.” The characters that are in the play “Macbeth” are: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, The Three Weird Sisters, Macduff, Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Fleance, Ross,Lennox, Lady Macduff, a Boy, Siward, Young Siward, a Scottish Doctor, a Gentlewoman, a Sergeant, a Porter, Hecate, a Messenger, Seyton, and Manteith (Personae). Many of these characters played a huge role in the play “Macbeth.” In the play “The Tempest” there is also several characters that had a important role in the play. Those characters are: Prospero, Miranda, Ferdinand, Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, Gonzalo, Ariel, Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo (Smith). There are two characters from these …show more content…

As said by Johnson in a character analysis of Lady Macbeth, “Lady Macbeth fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess."” (Johnson) She is a very loving woman to her husband, and she is also very concerned with his success. Lady Macbeth was the first to suggest the idea to kill King Duncan so her husband has a better chance at being king without getting overthrown. Lady Macbeth is very manipulating in her words to get him to kill the king. “After this, it's really all over. Lady Macbeth wins. Macbeth asks what happens if they fail, and his wife pooh-poohs the very idea. She will get King Duncan's two attendants drunk, so they won't be able to protect him, and then they'll take the blame for the King's death.” (Jones) These are some of the lines that she speaks in the play revealing her love for her husband as well as the awareness of King Duncan coming to visit and how it can be a great opportunity to get rid of him. “My dearest love, Duncan comes here to-night.” Macbeth, (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 49 and 50) Lady Macbeth is much like Ariel in “The …show more content…

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