The Significance of Lady Macbeth

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The paper analyzes William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" and attempts to show how the character of Macbeth would have never been able to become the murderous man he became if it were not for Lady Macbeth's prodding. The paper describes how Lady Macbeth provided strength and urgency when necessary, and directed his actions through careful and calculated manipulation.

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"William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, illustrates how we all need somebody to help us along the way to becoming who we are. Macbeth was no doubt a successful man but he would never have become the man he did without Lady Macbeth. Whether or not he ever knew it, Macbeth needed Lady Macbeth to accomplish the things he did. She supported him and his ideas, provided strength and urgency when necessary, and essentially made him the man he became through careful and calculated manipulation. Lady Macbeth was the spine Macbeth needed in times of weakness and his love proved to be a blind spot where his wife was concerned."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books. 1998.
• Booth, Wayne. Laurence Lerner, ed. "Shakespeare's Tragic Villain." Shakespeare's Tragedies. Baltimore: Penguin Books. 1964.
• Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the World. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 2004.
• Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. The Complete Works. New York:. Barnes and Noble Books. 1994. 858-84.

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