Lady Macbeth's Role

While reading a novel, there is usually a character that may not seem significant in the beginning, but as the story goes on one will see that the story would not be the same without them. This occurs in the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare. Lady Macbeth is such an important character based off of her ambition need of manscility, her master manipulation skills, and her suicide. She leaves everyone on the edge of their seat, waiting to know what happens next. She is the reason for most of the biggest and important events in the play. In the play, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s role is significant because without her, Macbeth and the events that have happened, wouldn't have occurred without his wife. Lady Macbeth is ambitious throughout

These visions are the three apparitions that the witches told him. First, to watch out for Macduff. Second, that no one would be able to harm Macbeth if they were born traditionally. Third, Macbeth will not be defeated until the woods moved. One would not blame Lady Macbeth thinking that these visions were absurd. Also, Lady Macbeth’s need of masculinity has risen to the point where she is fed up with how being a man means you can do anything, meanwhile being a woman is limited to do certain things. “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/ And fill me from the crown to the toe topful/ Of direst cruelty. Make my blood thick.” (1.5.48-50). Lady Macbeth is speaking to herself about how she really wants to be a male and being able to do anything that her husband can do. She also believes that she would be a better ruler than her husband since he is very kind and is not capable of doing anything cruel. Since Lady Macbeth’s guilt of killing Duncan caught up with her, her suicide adds something new to the

He was saying that she would have died anyways sooner or later down the road. He seemed to be saying that it is better that she died earlier than later, she put herself out of her own misery. This made an effect, Lady Macbeth rubbed off on Macbeth with himself being self-sufficient and not really caring about what others think or their opinion. Lady Macbeth again is a big part of husband’s life and reason the play flows.

To sum up the main point, Lady Macbeth was an important character and without her the play would have been completely different and missing the intenseness that left one on the edge of their seat wanting to know what would happen with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s own ambition caused her to be unique and someone would not expect that she is the wife of Macbeth. She has no sympathy or care in the world of what anyone thinks of her, which leads to how she is in need of masculinity and is the master of manipulation. She was always irritated to the fact her husband was too kind to do anything to harm anyone, but she was great in manipulating her husband into doing things that she wanted to do, like killing the former king of Scotland, Duncan. Lastly, Lady Macbeth suicide showed how she would be so brave and break woman stereotypes but that she broke and the guilt caught up to her. This also shows that she rubbed on Macbeth