How Does Malcolm Present Lady Macbeth As Evil
Lady Macbeth
In the closing scene of "Macbeth", Malcolm refers to Lady Macbeth as "a fiend-like queen".
Do you agree with Malcolm, or do you think she is not as evil as he depicts?
Lady Macbeth is a controversial figure. She is seen by some as a woman of strong will who is ambitious for herself and who is astute enough to recognise her husband’s strengths and weaknesses, and ruthless enough to exploit them. They see her in her commitment to evil and in her realisation that the acquisition of the Crown has not brought her the happiness she had expected, and finally, as one who breaks down under the strain. Others see her as a woman ambitious for her husband whom she loves. She recognises the essential good in him, and feels that, without her, he will never win the Crown. She allies herself with the powers of the occult for his sake, but here inherent femininity breaks down under the strain …show more content…
I have given suck and know how tender tis to love the babe that milks me, I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this"(Act 1,Scene7) But to say she is a fiend and is without kindness or weakness i believe is not true, there are instances when we glimpse the true humanity of lady Macbeth, like when she has been drinking to calm herself "That which hath made them drunk, hath made me bold; what hath quenched them hath given me fire" this show shows she is not an emotionless person who feels no remorse or sorrow and proves her to be
In the closing scene of "Macbeth", Malcolm refers to Lady Macbeth as "a fiend-like queen".
Do you agree with Malcolm, or do you think she is not as evil as he depicts?
Lady Macbeth is a controversial figure. She is seen by some as a woman of strong will who is ambitious for herself and who is astute enough to recognise her husband’s strengths and weaknesses, and ruthless enough to exploit them. They see her in her commitment to evil and in her realisation that the acquisition of the Crown has not brought her the happiness she had expected, and finally, as one who breaks down under the strain. Others see her as a woman ambitious for her husband whom she loves. She recognises the essential good in him, and feels that, without her, he will never win the Crown. She allies herself with the powers of the occult for his sake, but here inherent femininity breaks down under the strain …show more content…
I have given suck and know how tender tis to love the babe that milks me, I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this"(Act 1,Scene7) But to say she is a fiend and is without kindness or weakness i believe is not true, there are instances when we glimpse the true humanity of lady Macbeth, like when she has been drinking to calm herself "That which hath made them drunk, hath made me bold; what hath quenched them hath given me fire" this show shows she is not an emotionless person who feels no remorse or sorrow and proves her to be