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Macbeth Issues - Paper

Macbeth Issues

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are many issues that may have had an affect on the play. The complex marriage between the power hungry Macbeths, lady Macbeth’s dominant character directing Macbeth in the murders, the role reversal during the murders, Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death, and male and female marriages for authority. When analyzed these issues help describe the Macbeth’s relationship. They are the very issues that eventually lead to the “Great Tragedy”.
The relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is a complex one. Macbeth in the beginning does not come across to us as dominant. He more so looks to Lady Macbeth for comfort, assurance, and direction.”… Go get some water ...

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part in their relationship. Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth corrupted their relationship with their struggle for power. They both felt the need for authority, which as a result lead to their downfall.
In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth comes across to us as evil-willed and ready to do any and everything to help her husband gain his power. She directs him in what to do. She plans the murders as well as keeps everything in order when people become curious. “O, never shall sun that morrow see… Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye… Look like th’innocent flower But be the serpent under’t…” (Act 1, Scene 5) Lady Macbeth provides the assurance for Macbeth by telling him what and how to act. She also builds up his character by telling him that he will be a “greater man” if he were to go ahead with the murders. “…When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more the man than what you were, you would Be so much more the man”. (Act I, Scene 7) Everette states, ...

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Added: 10/17/2008 02:15:43 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
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