2006-11-20 04:32:01 · 7 answers · asked by faisa a 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
no I don't think Lady MacBeth was evil. She got sucked into believing that her husband really was meant to be the king of Scotland, and she wanted it so badly, she started pressuring MacBeth to do whatever it took. Like Conor said, she was the personification of MacBeth's greed and ambition, She truly believed that she was helping her husband live up to his destiny.
And as stated by creme, she did start feeling guilty after the king was dead, and her regret ended up driving her crazy. If she were really evil in the sense that Hitler was evil, she would not have felt any remorse at all.
I think Lady MacBeth is a warning to us all of what can happen if we get carried away with greed.
2006-11-20 06:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Macbeth, like most Shakespearean plays, works on many levels. Literally there is no doubt that Lady Macbeth is the 'evil' that polluted the valiant Macbeth. On a subtler level however,she represents a part of Macbeth himself. The witches sew the seeds of greed in Macbeth's heart, and Lady Macbeth is the personification of his greed and ruthless ambition brought on by the witches premonition.
2006-11-20 05:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they are "evil". The appropriate vocab is more like "power-hungry, mad, twisted." They are like any other human being, they do something (in this case murder) to get whatever they want (the crown). Sure, it is an evil act but they doesn't make them evil. By that logic, if I stole something to feed someone then, does that make me a good person or the bad one? They did regret what they have done in the end. Lady Macbeth killed herself, she fell ill because she was going crazy (seeing blood of Duncan on her hands). She did felt guilty over what she has done. But she is not evil, just a bossy wife. Macbeth couldn't have killed anyone, if the the Three Witches didn't tell him he would become king. If his wife didn't pressure him to do it. He wouldn't have killed his own best friend either. He was just a normal guy in the beginning. Like any other human beings, people get whatever they want, whatever the cost. Well, it's my opinion anyway.
2016-05-21 22:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
G'day Faisa a,
Thank you for your question.
Lady Macbeth is seen as the person who talks her husband into killing King Duncan and other acts of cruelty. However, he does other evil deeds such as killing Macduff's family.
She does have feelings of guilt in the play as shown in the "out damned spot" scenes. She dies at the end of the play which is implied to be suicide.
I have attached sources for your reference.
Regards
2006-11-20 04:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a way yes because he had scuples but it was she that pushed him into it by playing on his ambition&questioning his manliness as such,on the other hand it could be argued that she did it bc she loved him&wanted him to fulfil his ambitions.. i think she has two sides to her
2006-11-20 04:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by NightOwl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-24 02:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by MaryC O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋