Lady Macbeth In The Song Most Girls By Hailee Steinfeld

In my opinion, the song, Most Girls by Hailee Steinfeld reflects the attitude of Lady Macbeth in the play because she is independent, controls Macbeth just as a man would, and changes the narrative of how a woman truly behaves. She is one of the first major female characters in literature that was not shown to fit into the stereotypical image of a woman. Most Girls displays the theme of changing sexual standards in the play due to its message that girls can be powerful, and that Lady Macbeth embodies this power. The lyrics of the song describes how the singer wants to be like “most girls.” In the play, Lady Macbeth is one of those girls. She is an independent woman who makes decisions for herself, not thinking about the needs and standards of anyone else.

She works hard enough to get what she wants, regardless of who stands in her way. The line in the song that best describes this is, “most girls work hard, go far, we are unstoppable.” Additionally, she is able to constantly be the dominant figure in the relationship. For instance, in act 1 scene 7, Macbeth continues to bring forth the fact that he does not want to kill Duncan and thinks it's a bad idea. Lady Macbeth takes the upper hand in the situation and demands her husband to commit the murder since it will help him in the future. As a result of her commands, he agrees to go further with the action in hopes that his wife was right all along. In the Shakespearean era, it was extremely uncommon, almost impossible, for a woman to be of higher standards than a man. Gender equality was not a subject at the time. However, Shakespeare took Lady Macbeth’s character and completely changed the original narrative. She was brought to the audience as a strong, driven, and superior character who did not take a man’s opinion into