Lady Macbeth: The Fiend Like Queen
The “fiend-like Queen”, also known as Lady Macbeth is more responsible for the bloodshed throughout this play. This is because Lady Macbeth is the one who ignited the fire in Macbeth which led to much of the ‘unnecessary’ or ‘necessary’ bloodshed that occurred throughout the play. Eventhough, Lady Macbeth does not directly perform the murder, she has always had a manipulative and sinister personality, as she will act in the moment but will brutally regret it later.
One example of Lady Macbeth’s oppressive behavior, pushing Macbeth to kill Duncan would be when she tells him “I dare do all that may be a man/ [w]ho dares do more is none” (I.vii.49-51). This is only one example, although she does comment on Macbeth’s unmanliness throughout to
One example of Lady Macbeth’s oppressive behavior, pushing Macbeth to kill Duncan would be when she tells him “I dare do all that may be a man/ [w]ho dares do more is none” (I.vii.49-51). This is only one example, although she does comment on Macbeth’s unmanliness throughout to