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Name: ________________________________ Title of Essay: __________________________
| Opening Sentence (Include title, genre, and author)
The power of Lady Macbeth as a character and as a villain in “Macbeth” by Shakespeare, Genre “Classic Tragedy.” |
| Thesis Statement Although lady Macbeth appears in one-third of the play “Macbeth,” she portrays the vital power of the ability of women to drive men’s actions, outlines her yearn for demonic powers for destruction, and depicts destructive force to the order of the country. Nonetheless, her strong character is ambitious, intelligent with a controlling demeanor, ready to take charge of decisions.
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| Supporting Point A Lady Macbeth strongly persuades her husband to become king by taunting him, and by achieving such, she is the power behind the throne.
| Supporting Point B By embracing the spiritual power, lady Macbeth exhibits the influence of control over her husband, which seems to agree with the witches as she yearns for demonic forces for destruction. | Supporting Point C the lady outlines a powerful destructive force to the order of a country as she does not abide by any moral code
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| 1. Her power lies in her strength to plan and organize the murder while still managing to persuade her husband to follow the said plan. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be / What thou Art promised” (Shakespeare act I. scene 5.13,14)
| 1. affiliation with the witches confuses Macbeth, yet it becomes clear that the witches had been misleading him in the end. “unsex me” and “fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty.” ( act 1. Scene 5.38–41) | does not abide by any moral code but only focuses on what she can gain from eliminating other people. she miscalculates the outcome of her actions and what that could trigger in her husband “Oh, that’s nonsense! This is just another one of the hallucinations you always get when you’re afraid”. (Act 3 scene 4, 65-75) |
| 2. Lady Macbeth depicts ambitions in the planning of murder and dealing with the aftermath. Evidence: To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend it. (Act 1 Scene 5, 15)
| 2. lady Macbeth goes against nature with no empathy for violations of the natural state or the families of Duncan’s family. Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under ’t. He that’s coming (Act 1, scene 5, 55) | 2. she is a controlling lady who is ready to take charge of her decisions and those of Macbeth. The king becomes distorted and paranoid that other persons will become kings as the witches predict. She is calm in her ways and thoughts and fails to give in to the adrenaline of fear. “You’re going to be king, just like you were promised. But I worry about whether or not you have what it takes to seize the crown. (scene 1, act 5, 5-10).
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| 3. The lady is a character braced with intelligence that allows her to be cunning in deception and as the critical counsel to her husband. Evidence; All our service, / In every point twice done and then done double, / Everything we’re doing for you, even if it were doubled and then doubled again, is nothing compared to the honors you have brought to our family. (Act 1 Scene 6, 15,20)
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By getting rid of her feminine traits, she would become more powerful in the quest for evil. “Come to my woman’s breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers”/ ou wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, Act 1 scene 5, 35-40) | 3. Her not abiding by any principles only acts as destruction to the limitations of her actions, which prove to be a miscalculation on the possible form of events that would be consequential to the first murder. “You should look like an innocent flower, but be like the snake that hides underneath the flower yet do I fear thy nature, / It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness / (act 1 scene 5, 5, 55-65)
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| Restatement of Thesis Statement Throughout her role, lady Macbeth reveals the sheer female dominance driven by intelligence and ambitions. In her role, she has the power to influence the actions of her husband, agrees with the demonic power of destruction, and can change the order of a country.
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- she miscalculates the outcome of her actions and what that could trigger in her husband. Instead of building a king, she creates a murderer who fails to inform her of other deaths, such as the killing of Banquo, and Macduff’s family. “ be innocent of the knowledge dearest chuck…”.( Act 2 scene 3, 50)