What Does Lady Macbeth Lose
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Macbeth
Power and Control
At the beginning of the play (act 1 scene 5) Lady Macbeth is full of control and power and this is clearly seen throughout the first three acts of the play. When Lady Macbeth is first introduce while reading a letter from her husband regarding the witches prophecies, her strength and ambition are evident as she assures her husband that the witches' prophesy will indeed come true, even as she questions whether Macbeth has the fortitude to make sure that it does. She expresses her concern, thinking, "I fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way".This suggests that she is more powerful and has a lot more driving power than macbeth as she feels the need to question macbeth about their plan. Another way in which lady macbeth shows her power and control is “Under my battlements” this suggests that lady macbeth is planning on dominating macbeth and using him as a weapon to kill king Duncan.
Lady Macbeth is much different in the final two acts of the play regarding her power and control over Macbeth. Lady Macbeth's weak and uncontrollable condition is only shown at the end of the play. However we all notice this in the way that Macbeth addresses her. It is only shown in private actually how weak is Lady Macbeth. Opposite from the violent personality, she is horrified by blood. Although Lady Macbeth is weak and tender, she uses many strong dramatic sayings to persuade Macbeth to follow through with the first murders. A small sign that Lady macbeth loses her power and control over Macbeth is that even when she scolds him with her persuasion it no longer works as it did at the beginning of the play which she used to manipulate him to kill king Duncan.
Equality and Intimacy
At the start of the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are seen as a united couple. They appear to have no secrets from one another, and seem to the audience as though they are equal. This can be seen as Macbeth calls greets his wife by...
Power and Control
At the beginning of the play (act 1 scene 5) Lady Macbeth is full of control and power and this is clearly seen throughout the first three acts of the play. When Lady Macbeth is first introduce while reading a letter from her husband regarding the witches prophecies, her strength and ambition are evident as she assures her husband that the witches' prophesy will indeed come true, even as she questions whether Macbeth has the fortitude to make sure that it does. She expresses her concern, thinking, "I fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way".This suggests that she is more powerful and has a lot more driving power than macbeth as she feels the need to question macbeth about their plan. Another way in which lady macbeth shows her power and control is “Under my battlements” this suggests that lady macbeth is planning on dominating macbeth and using him as a weapon to kill king Duncan.
Lady Macbeth is much different in the final two acts of the play regarding her power and control over Macbeth. Lady Macbeth's weak and uncontrollable condition is only shown at the end of the play. However we all notice this in the way that Macbeth addresses her. It is only shown in private actually how weak is Lady Macbeth. Opposite from the violent personality, she is horrified by blood. Although Lady Macbeth is weak and tender, she uses many strong dramatic sayings to persuade Macbeth to follow through with the first murders. A small sign that Lady macbeth loses her power and control over Macbeth is that even when she scolds him with her persuasion it no longer works as it did at the beginning of the play which she used to manipulate him to kill king Duncan.
Equality and Intimacy
At the start of the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are seen as a united couple. They appear to have no secrets from one another, and seem to the audience as though they are equal. This can be seen as Macbeth calls greets his wife by...