Why did Lady Macbeth faint?
Why weren't Macbeth and Lady Macbeth questioned for the murder?
Why is no one making an effort to protect Duncan's sons?
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Act II
Being a strong feminist, it was not hard for me to point out how strong of a woman Lady Macbeth was. Although she uses it for evil, she is manipulative and intelligent. In Act II she is thrilled about Macbeth killing Duncan. She arranges the plan and persuades Macbeth to follow through so that she can benefit and become Queen. She even states that she would have done it herself in 2.2 line 13. I believe that she wants to be a man but only so that she could possess more power. As a woman she is just the wife, an accessory for Macbeth but she is more than that. She is more than Macbeth will ever be. Lady Macbeth only needs Macbeth because of the patriarch society. But she is not inferior, she is stronger than her husband. Lady Macbeth has ambition, she is a woman who knows what she wants and can achieve her goals on her own. Even though she was not the one who murdered Duncan she made sure the job was carried out, and the right way. She first shows a "lady like" side when she attempts to comfort Macbeth after he realized what he just did. Then she goes back to being her independent self and takes care of planting the daggers on the chamberlains, something that Macbeth was too big of a coward to accomplish.
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J, I like that you are interested in Lady M, she is one of my all time favorite characters. Most directors see Lady M's fainting as a way to distract away from Macbeth's terrible attempt to cover up the murder. Also Duncan's sons flee, which implies that they were the ones that murdered Duncan. Remember to incorporate some specific quotes or passages in your analysis. You allude to some lines but I would like you to pull them in and analyze them. What type of language is used and what is its effect? Good start overall though!
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