Lady Macbeth: Confessions of a Femme Fatale “Hie thee hither, / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, /And chastise with the valor of my tongue. / All that impedes thee from the golden round” (1.5.26-29). Within these few lines of dialogue, one can almost vividly see Lady Macbeth clutching the letter sent from Macbeth, her husband, with wheels beginning to turn in her head as ambition begins to fuel her. At the mention of ‘golden round’, it’s a clear indication that her fixation falls on her husband obtaining the crown, and doing everything necessary for the prophecy to be fulfilled, no matter the consequences it may hold. The ambitious drive Lady Macbeth carries and feminine control she has over her husband illustrates her as ‘classic’ (11th century) femme fatale Following the news she receives from the letter, Lady Macbeth learns that King Duncan will be staying in their castle (1.5.32-33), offering the perfect opportunity for Lady Macbeth and Macbeth to act. In the first …show more content…
Being fully immersed in her ambition and desire for power, Lady Macbeth becomes outraged when she learns that Macbeth can’t go through with the murder of Duncan, and soon begins to attack him verbally (1.7.31-40). Within this scene, Lady Macbeth has taken control of the situation, an ambitious confidence shining through as she begins to degrade Macbeth, which is seen as a mechanism she uses in order to manipulate Macbeth and ignite the ambition he lacks to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth continues to forcefully talk to Macbeth in a way that is powerful and violent (her disregard to a child’s life), which automatically triggers a desire within him. The correlation between control, manipulation, and desire all come together at the hands of Lady Macbeth who uses a type of aggressive femininity to tempt Macbeth into murdering Duncan, thus fulfilling the