I agree with this quote but to an extent because through the majority if this play, Lady Macbeth is seen as the prominent person who encourages Macbeth to murder the king which eventually contributing to the collapse of her state of mind leading her to her death. However, this can be is a prejudice view and looking intently at the context, it is clearly understood as to why Shakespeare has portrayed Lady Macbeth into being an ambitious, dominant, cunning and determined character. This is portrayed during the scene in which Macbeth loses control she commands ‘Sit worthy friends, my lord is often thus. And hath been from his youth’. Not only does this show that she I taking control but cleverly, Shakespeare transitions Lady Macbeth from being …show more content…
Their father or eldest male in her family would be in control of her until she was married. Shakespeare has instinctively not made it clear that Lady Macbeth is the reason as to why Macbeth lost control, but has left it for the readers to decide for themselves. The text beings dramatically with the first witch stating ’When shall we thee meet again in thunder, lightning or in rain?’ Cleverly, the writer begins the text with a women talking to signify the how important women are in the play. The witches in the play can be seen as the fist cause towards this tragedy. Furthermore, the witches could be seen as trying to control Macbeth to get to Lady Macbeth or damage Lady Macbeth in order for it to impact …show more content…
The use of the expression ‘Come you sprits… unsex me here… make thick my blood’ instinctively makes the reader believer that she wants the ‘spirits’ to fill her with ruthlessness and hate in order to kill King Duncan and gain power. The specific use of the word ‘unsex’ conveys that she is willing to change her gender in order for her to become king/queen. Her willingness to change her gender clearly demonstrates how much power men had and how submissive women were. Intriguingly, Lady Macbeth is seen as having a connecting with the supernatural world especially with the use of the word ‘spirits’ which she includes in her manipulative language to possess her body. The appearance of the supernatural in Macbeth could be a metaphor for all the disturbances in the characters especially when Lady Macbeth sleepwalks. It could be argued that the witches within the play are real and are present within the play. The use of the expression ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me’, which is said by Macbeth before killed Duncan, could be a ghostly apparition however, it could be viewed as a disturbance of the