Although Macbeth has his own desires to do all he can to reach his goal, it is Lady Macbeth who encourages and forces him to get there. ... Many scholars of Shakespeare's work have suggested that Lady Macbeth is the one true character of evil. The women in Macbeth are called wicked, especially Lady Macbeth herself. In an article by Amanda Kane Rooks, she explains how Lady Macbeth is portrayed in films based on her evil character. In one particular motion, "Lady Macbeth places particular emphasis on the line, "you will put this night's great business into my dispatch, clearly indicati...

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• Grade Level: High School

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.... Whilst Shakespeare allotted his female characters from a patriarchal perspective, he was perceptive enough to consider 'authentic' female behaviours of the time and included such mantras into his character's pers...

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