THE ROLE OF LADY MACBETH IN SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH: A PRODUCTION THESIS IN ACTING A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in The Department of Theatre by Taralyn Adele MacMullen B.A.‚ Greensboro College‚ 2002 May 2005 Acknowledgements The people who have helped me grow into the actor and person I am are too many to count
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Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ is a familiar character even to those that have never read the play. Her name can be heard being referenced or used as an insult to a woman‚ to compare a shady or manipulative personality trait. Although she does not actually commit any murders‚ she is notably one of the most famous villains in literature. I found it very interesting that prior to reading this play‚ I knew more about Lady Macbeth and her character flaws (to say the least)
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious‚ courageous‚ and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. However‚ he is very ambitious to be king. At the beginning of the play‚ he was loyal
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Lady Macbeth is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." She is loving to her husband but at the same time very ambitious‚ she has a strong need for Macbeth to be king. This outcome will not benefit her and her husband equally. She says that "the fastest way" for Macbeth to become king is by murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s thoughts make her appear as cold and ambitious. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th’ access
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Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are talking about how they plan to kill Duncan. Macbeth knows that Duncan is asleep and that the chamberlains are drunk so that when the plan will go into effect he has the king sleeping and ready to die and the guards to blame it on. As everyone is asleep Macbeth his overtaken and as planned he goes to kill Duncan Macbeth is telling Lady Macbeth how after he killed Duncan he thought that he had heard someone yelling murder. When Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth about
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The tragedy of Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. Macbeth represented the tragedy of destiny and man’s character. The story was happened in Scotland and England. The leading character was named Macbeth who was regarded as a hero of Scotland by people after beating King Norway’s army for defending Scotland‚ and King Lear wanted to give him rich rewards and great honor. But it was sad that in the meantime Macbeth came across three ugly witches in the wild who attempted wickedly to
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Macbeth tragic Hero The character of Macbeth is a example of a tragic hero. There are several things that contribute to Macbeth’s downfall into madness‚ but only three of them really stand out. The first point to his downfall is all the Visions that were told to him by the witches. The next is how Lady Macbeth manipulates and has strong influence over Macbeth’s moral code. finally‚ Macbeth falls because of his ambition and desire to become king. Macbeth’s character starts from being a noble thane
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Is lady Macbeth as bad and evil as people make her out to be? People thinks she’s a bad person because her husband wanted to become king. By being the wife of Macbeth‚ she is almost required to follow and help Macbeth with everything he does. Once the witches told Macbeth he would be king‚ he became obsessed and anxious. He was willing to to do almost anything even any dark deeds for the crown. And when lady Macbeth found out about this‚ she was extremely excited and was willing to do anything
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Lady Macbeth is responsible for her own downfall due to her involvement with supernatural forces‚ her ambition and her guilty conscience. Lady Macbeth claims that she can "look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under ’t" (1‚5‚64-65). She imagines that she has the capability to be remorseless and determined enough to do anything. Yet‚ she calls upon supernatural forces to use to her advantage. She does not ask for the help of the dark side’ but demands it as though she could undermine
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After Macbeth finalizes his decision to murder King Duncan‚ he tells Lady Macbeth‚ “False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (Shakespeare 1.7.). This conversation is held as King Duncan and his men dine at Macbeth’s own table‚ a meal that would be the king’s last. During the feast‚ Macbeth steps away to ponder what he is about to do‚ as he still has his reservations. Knowing this‚ Lady Macbeth finds her husband and begins to persuade him to keep his promise and go through with the murder
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