Lady Macbeth representation Flashcards
Regarding Duncan’s murder she is…
ruthlessly efficient
Lady Macbeth is forced to…
(in the patriarchal society she lives in), transgress expectations of her gender in order to gain any sort of power
Lady Macbeth acts as a dutiful…
- helpmate to her husband and fulfils her role as his wife - upholding gender stereotypes for women
- her actions are selfless as she wants the power for her husband - not herself
- as she can’t provide him with children, she provides him with something to guarantee his status - the crown
Lady Macbeth is a Machiavellian villain…
she manipulates others to get her way no matter what the cost. She does this by subverting dark imagery into a metaphorical blanket to hide her sins
Lady Macbeth is a powerful individual…
by emasculating and goading Macbeth
Lady Macbeth does not conform to the Jacobean archetype of a woman or wife…
she wants to obliterate her feminine qualities as she believes possessing these qualities is weak and the only way to convey her power is by having no qualities as such
Lady Macbeth is disturbed…
by her actions
