In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a complete counterexample against those biases. ... Sophocles' counterexample against the conventional biases of women being tender and loving is the main character Antigone in his play, Antigone. ... 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 Macbe...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Works such as Macbeth, Othello, and his comedies all have some sort of tragedy that illustrates the opposition of power between a male and female character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ...

• Word Count: 1855
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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...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate