Macbeth Women Paper

Women in Macbeth are seen to be ruthless, ambitious, and often cruel, exactly the opposite of women in that time period where seen as. The women use manipulation to promote their male ambitions. Women can be as ambitious and cruel as men, maybe even more then men.
Lady Macbeth is one of the most influential women in Macbeth. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan’s murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder. When Lady Macbeth says, “that tends on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”. She means that she wishes she was not a woman so that she could do it herself. Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband overriding all his protests. For example when he hesitates to murder King Duncan, she constantly questions his manhood until he feels he must commit murder to prove himself. Lady Macbeth’s strength of will continues through the murder of the king like when, she talks her husband’s nerves down immediately after he did crime.
Similar to Lady Macbeth the Three Witches are like dark thoughts and unconscious temptations to evil. The problems they cause come from their supernatural powers, but mostly the result of knowing the weaknesses of their victims. These witches talk very vulgar, “Eye of newt and toe of frog”. (1.1.14) the witches represent Macbeth's evil side. For example Banquo was his friend but when the witches told him the prophesies Macbeth showed his true colors. This was shown when he killed Duncan, and Banquo. The witches seem to control his actions. Unlike the other women in Macbeth, Lady Macduff represents all the good people slaughtered by Macbeth. She loves her family, and is distressed at her husband's flee. “Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.” (4.2.11) She is speaking how her and her son are helpless when Macbeth plans to kill them. Lady Macduff differs from Lady Macbeth and the three