backstory on Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth Backstory
There is not very much written about Lady Macbeth’s physical appearance. She seems to be portrayed as a very feminine looking, beautiful lady that has a very tough and harsh personality. Photos from films have often shown her as a beautiful, fair-skinned woman with red tinted hair.
She was born as Gruoch ingen Boite and was the daughter of the Prince of Scotland. Her childhood seemed to be very unstable and unhealthy. She was a pretty girl and often taunted by men. When she was seven Lady Macbeth was sent to a castle to live until the age of fourteen. Before meeting Macbeth, she was married to Gille Coemgain, who was killed by being burned in a hall with 50 of his men. They had one son together.
She later married the Scottish general, Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was known throughout her life as an attractive woman of strength and power. She knew how to use her beauty and confidence to control others. Over the years, this attitude and her feeling of being abandoned by her family gave her a level of power that intimidated people. Her parents eventually went bankrupt and lost everything when she was around seventeen. They both died heartbroken by their daughter’s betrayal when she was twenty. Her childhood played a big role in her actions later in life. She wanted to break all ties to her family and insisted that she be called Lady Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth “A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight”.
She is referring to the blood on his hands. This shows that she has no heart or respect for her husband. She is a very cold person who hides her painful past by degrading others.
Lady Macbeth says “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness”.
She is worried about whether or not he has the guts and ambition to take the crown. She believes he is too weak and too kind to do what it takes. Again, she clearly shows that she has not
There is not very much written about Lady Macbeth’s physical appearance. She seems to be portrayed as a very feminine looking, beautiful lady that has a very tough and harsh personality. Photos from films have often shown her as a beautiful, fair-skinned woman with red tinted hair.
She was born as Gruoch ingen Boite and was the daughter of the Prince of Scotland. Her childhood seemed to be very unstable and unhealthy. She was a pretty girl and often taunted by men. When she was seven Lady Macbeth was sent to a castle to live until the age of fourteen. Before meeting Macbeth, she was married to Gille Coemgain, who was killed by being burned in a hall with 50 of his men. They had one son together.
She later married the Scottish general, Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was known throughout her life as an attractive woman of strength and power. She knew how to use her beauty and confidence to control others. Over the years, this attitude and her feeling of being abandoned by her family gave her a level of power that intimidated people. Her parents eventually went bankrupt and lost everything when she was around seventeen. They both died heartbroken by their daughter’s betrayal when she was twenty. Her childhood played a big role in her actions later in life. She wanted to break all ties to her family and insisted that she be called Lady Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth “A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight”.
She is referring to the blood on his hands. This shows that she has no heart or respect for her husband. She is a very cold person who hides her painful past by degrading others.
Lady Macbeth says “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness”.
She is worried about whether or not he has the guts and ambition to take the crown. She believes he is too weak and too kind to do what it takes. Again, she clearly shows that she has not