Pros And Cons Of Lady Macbeth

For her time, Lady Macbeth is an unusual woman who defies gender expectations. In the Elizabethan era, in which the Shakespearean play Macbeth is set in, women are restrained from occupying a profession, receiving education beyond elementary and are not allowed to participate in vote or politics at all. Due to their lack of knowledge of the natural world and isolated environment, most women were considered as housewives and had little to no power or opinion on a man’s decision but to fully support it. However, this belief contradicts with Lady Macbeth in multiple ways, for instance: the first thing that comes to her mind after reading Macbeth’s letter about the three Weird sisters was worrying about Macbeth’s conscience and how he is too

She is not obedient and submissive and did not hesitate to argue or protest against Macbeth when his conscience causes him to second doubt their plan, which has a major influence on him. Perhaps, way more than how a traditional woman should have. The most significant trait of Lady Macbeth was shown when Macbeth has the impulse of wanting to prove his manliness after being called a coward, and she offered the resolution to his fears of consequences after doing the bloody act which is to blame it on the watchmen. She demonstrates great logic, reasoning, and bravery especially for a female at the time to be able to be in charge of planning the entire murderous act with no signs of remorse and abandons her motherly nature with the bloody imagery of dashing out her child’s brain. Unlike the rest of the women, she is not a passive person that follows and listens to husband’s commands but instead communicates with Macbeth in almost an instructing manner which makes her dominant strength stand