Essay on the Dynamic Relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

Dynamic Relationship of Macbeth and wench Macbeth An important factor in Shakespeares tragic play, Macbeth is the changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth throughout the play. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is the dominant character in the relationship. As the play progresses the roles seem to reverse and Macbeth becomes the more dominant of the two. We can gain insight into the changing relationship by loo male monarch at the interaction of the couple. The first time in the play where we can make reference about their relationship and their individual personalities in the relationship is in Act 1, Scene 5, where we first meet Lady Macbeth. She is seen alone reading a letter out loud, which Macbeth has written to her. It is telling her of his visit from the witches. The letter told how the weird sisters had come to him and Banquo on their way home later on battle and how they also do it appear to him as though they could read his thoughts and how they tormented him with riddles. They showed him that they had the power of prophecy and they said that he would become the Thane of Cawdor and then king. They made him believe that his greatest prize, being king, was near and Macbeth who was already experiencing the desire to be king willingly listened to the witches. Lady Macbeth desperately wanted to become queen and when the king made Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor they both thought the weird sisters must be right and he would become king.When the question was vaguely brought up of killing Duncan to get the bay window Lady Macbeth worked on this idea and in her eyes it seemed to be a good idea. Lady Macbeth then went about trying to persuade Macbeth into killing Duncan however though he clearly didnt want to. ... ...86.Hugget, Richard. Supernatural on Stage The Curse of Macbeth Its Origins, Background, and History. New York Taplinger Publishing Co, 1975. 153-211.Lewis, William Dodge. Shakespeare Said It. Syracuse Syracuse University, 1961.Quincey, doubting Thomas De essay from Harris, Laurie Lanzen, and Scott, Mark W. ed. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Shakespearean Criticism, Vol. 3. Detroit Gale Research Company, 1986.Shakespeare, William. Tragedy of Macbeth . Ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul Warstine. New York Washington Press, 1992. Traversi, D. A. essay from Harris, Laurie Lanzen, and Scott, Mark W. ed. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Shakespearean Criticism, Vol. 3. Detroit Gale Research Company, 1986.Wells, Stanley, and Taylor Gary. ed. The Oxford Shakespeare, The fill in Works Macbeth. By William Shakespeare. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1988. 975-999.