The Women of Macbeth
Macbeth Acts 1-5 Essay - Prompt 2 In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we see he often portrays women in a negative light, he depicts them as destructive, manipulative, and evil. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth is a prime example of this as she manipulates Macbeth countless times by questioning his manhood to get what she wants.
Lady Macbeth is a very destructive character in Macbeth, who leads to so many different problems in the play. She is a very strong and ambitious woman, but that is not always a good thing. She constantly tries to take advantage of people and takes control of every situation. She even says she wishes she was a man so she could be even more powerful and do the dirty work. She wants Macbeth in her shadow so she can be in power. She makes him question his masculinity by asking if he is afraid or a man, which leads Macbeth to try and prove himself to her. Her stubbornness eventually leads to chaos and the downfall of her husband, Macbeth.
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They always appear when something bad is happening and bring chaos to the situation. For example, they told Macbeth his prophecy, but instead of telling him the whole thing they just told him bits and pieces to mess with his head. Macbeth continued to go back to them to ask for the whole prophecy, but they enjoyed driving him to the brink of insanity. They thought it was enjoyable to see him suffer. The Witches are very ugly women and are supposed to scare you. They are one of the most even women in Shakespeare's play because they genuinely want to see people's