The Women in MacBeth
Shakespeare's use of women in Macbeth is very unique. He uses the women in a very manipulative way. He uses Lady MacBeth to be stronger and more ruthless than her husband, MacBeth. In that time period women didn't have power but Lady MacBeth manipulated her husband to be in control of him. She of course orders him to murder Duncan and we all know he completed that task after Lady MacBeth accuses of him of being weak and un-manly. Do you remember when she wished she wasn't a woman so that she could commit the crime on her own? Shakespeare uses her character to link masculinity to power. MacBeth makes a comment to Lady MacBeth that she is masculine soul inhabiting a female body.Shakespeare does this to show that only men in that time period had power. The women had to play games and manipulate their husbands or each other to complete tasks that they wanted. Women can be as cruel and powerful as men but the social constraints of that time period deny them from having power. They used their husbands for power and to complete their manly ambitions that they couldn't complete on their own.
I agree with what you said about Shakespeare using women in a weird way.
ReplyDeleteIt's so true! She's such a major part of the play itself and is probably the most wicked. Yet it seems the author, William Shakespeare, keeps saying oh too bad she's a lady and not a man. Kinda is frustrating, but it is just like you said, it was that way during the time. Oh well!
ReplyDeletei love the picture you used. I think you did very good about explaining how women are being used differently in his plays
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