Lady macbeth as a tragic character.
Date Submitted: 03/07/2001 00:18:53
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (627 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (627 words)
"Macbeth"
Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis who is led to wicked
thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches. He is a classic tragic hero, a figure
that was brought to ruin by his own greed, fear, and guilt. The personification of greed
and resulting in evil, he stole the throne from King Duncan by murdering him as he was
asleep with the significant influence of Lady Macbeth. His wife's …
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…my
face, have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out" (I, vii,
60-63). Thus leading to the importance to the influences that she has on her husband.
William Shakespeare shows us the importance of the influence that Lady Macbeth
has on her husband Macbeth. She plays a role along with the witches creating the
importance of the plot and how inducing (I, i, 11) "Fair is foul, and foul is fair".
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