Lady Macbeth tells her husband to ‘look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’ She is encouraging him to be two-faced: warmly greet the king like ‘an innocent flower’. This contrasts to the beginning where Macbeth was praised for his heroism and bravery.Īlso, another way that Lady Macbeth is shown to be influential over her husband is when they consult about the regicide and their plan. By stripping off his masculinity and pride, Lady Macbeth is shown to be influential and more powerful than her husband, who she controls like her child, all powered by her ambition for power. Lady Macbeth makes this clear when she pressures Macbeth,’when you durst do it, then you were a man’.
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In the Jaceobbean era, brave men, who were great at fighting ,were heroic and so by Macbeth being promoted to being the thane of Cawdor, because of his performance, he comes across as powerful and manly, Later in Act 1, once Lady Macbeth has her plan to kill duncan, she worries that macbeth is ‘ too full o’th’milk of human kindness’ She thinks that Macbeth is too innocent and kind to kill the kind.
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In act 1, Scene 2, Macbeth is praised as a ‘brave’ warrior, and is respected by the king. Powered by her ambition, she encourages her husband in the regicide, and so it is evident that she is an ambitious woman with influence over husband.Īnother way the Lady Macbeth is presented as an ambitious woman with influence over her husband, is through the way that she treats her husband. By asking to ‘unsex’ herself, she demands her change from a typical delicate and loving woman to a vile and ruthless man to be the cause of King Duncan’s death. ‘Milk’ which aids the growth of babies and supports life contrasts with ‘gall’ which connotes evil and bitterness and it leads to death.
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During this era, many people, maily women, were accused of witchcraft and so by Lady Macbeth being in contact with the witches, instantly shows that she is different to society’s views of women who are supposed to be inferior to men.
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Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as an ambitious woman with influence over her husband, in order to criticise the jacobean society’s view of females but also to show that those who plot against the king, will not be successful, to help protect King James.įirstly one way that Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as an ambitious woman with influence over her husband is by demanding the witches to replace her feminine characteristics of ‘milk’ with ‘gall’ in her soliloquy. Can anyone mark/grade my work and give improvements please?