In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a complete counterexample against those biases. ... " (Macbeth, I, v, 47-50) Immediately, Lady Macbeth begins to stand out of the "feminist norms". ... Consequently, Lady Macbeth must disseminate her sinister, dark qualities to Macbeth. ... " (Macbeth, I, v, 73-78) Lady Macbeth surpasses Macbeth's level of "evil" by far, and has to lecture Macbeth on how to disguise himself on front of the guests. ... All of a sudden, we see a challenge of authority between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. ...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Towards the end of the play, however, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did not gain happiness, but rather it led to their death. ... Towards the end of the play, however, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did not gain happiness, but rather it led to their death. ... Towards the end of the play, however, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did not gain happiness, but rather it led to their death. ... Towards the end of the play, however, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did not gain happiness, but rather it led to their death. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his lif...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and also through Lady Macbeth's unbridled political ambition, Shakespeare dramatizes real political concerns that evolved from and during the reign of Elizabeth Tudor.... For example, Shakespeare cleverly outlined the masculine qualities needed to portray an ambitious and elevated Lady Macbeth, by qualifying feminine characteristics of the man to whom played her on stage (Gerlach et al, 1996). ...

• Word Count: 1880
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate