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Power Struggle In Macbeth And Much Ado About Nothing

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Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing Synthesis Essay

In both Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing we see the power struggle between both men and women. There's the power struggle between Beatrice and Benedick and then there's the power struggle between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Both Benedick and Macbeth don't want to seem less of a man to a woman.

Lady Macbeth implies that Macbeth is less of a man because he won't murder Ducan in order to become King. When Duncan comes to their house for dinner Lady Macbeth things that it is the best time to murder Duncan, Lady Macbeth enters and tells her husband that the king has dined and that he has been asking for Macbeth. Macbeth declares that he no longer intends to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth, outraged,
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