She who was so in control of her feelings and destiny as much as admits her guilt to a visiting physician and lady in waiting. Soon after, she commits suicide as armies advance against the castle. Quotes Lady Macbeth says many bold, classic lines in this play that reveal her ambition and character. In Act I Scene 7, we see her dauntless confidence in their scheme when she says, 'We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail' (1.7).
When Lady Macbeth is by herself, it is absolutely her true character. Foreshadowing helps the audience understand what is about to happen. In this quote, Lady Macbeth makes it pretty clear that she wants to reign. This is also intertwined with the prophecies Macbeth is given which makes the audience think about Duncan's life. Shakespeare uses a hyperbole when he illustrates Lady Macbeth asking for spirits to "unsex" her.
The histrorian James Romm portrayed Agrippina as a woman who was simply trying to escape the restrictions imposed on her by society. To quote james Romm “she stands out as the sole Roman woman to attempt to break the ultimate glass ceiling: to wield the power of a princeps, not just behind the scenes but before the astonished eyes of the senate,” Romm takes into account both the ancient writers and his own interpretation of Agrippina. Romm believes that her determination not only furthered her power but ultimately caused her downfall. He observes that the majority of Claudius move show us that Agrippina was shown as a “political asset”. Romm concluded that even though Agrippina may have been manipulative and ambitious she was still able to achieve what women of the era could not.
Grandma Lynn is one of the more vibrant, vain and misunderstood characters within the novel, like her Daughter she portrays an air of selfishness (Relating back to her daughter leaving the family in a time of crisis) however she takes the role of the level-headed peacekeeper throughout her appearances in the Novel, from her arrival before Susie’s funeral to her departure. We also notice how she is a hardened person, unlike the rest of the family. Sebold represents her as a vain and self-conscious character, an alcoholic and above all she has a straight forward attitude. Sebold initially represents Grandma Lynn in the play as one of the more hardened characters, upon her arrival we already get an idea of the character as someone who is unaffected by personal crisis’s such as Susie’s death, even before her arrival the call between Abigail and Grandma Lynn helps to portray her hardened character, the way that she is blankly states that “She has to come because it’s Susies funeral” she doesn’t seem to show much emotion on her arrival and the way that she brings a more vibrant atmosphere into the solemn and sad house. Even on her arrival instead of confronting the issue of Susies death she orders for a “Stiff Drink”.
Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. In Act 5, it is evident that Lady Macbeth is experiencing somnambulistic attacks, or sleepwalking. She wants to be relieved of her guilt because several suppressed ideas of an emotional nature enter into this scene and are responsible for making her act this way. Lady Macbeth is desperately trying to wash away invisible bloodstains on her hands as it is a reminiscence of her experience with the murder of Duncan. She also refers to the murder of Banquo and Lady Macduff while in her somnambulistic state.
Lady Macbeth reveals her uneasiness: “Night’s had, all’s spent,/ Where our desire is got without content./ ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.” Lady Macbeth echoes his earlier moral compass when she disagrees with the murder of Bruno, thus showing Macbeth’s changed and bolder character. Now, her uneasiness brings out Macbeth’s
This is revealed immediately in the text by its title, “The Wife of Martin Guerre.” Betrande’s identity is outlined by her position rather than her personality, and this silences her immensely. By the use of this simple title we are openly displayed the oppression of women in society. Another example would be the way women were required to wait on the men, especially the cap d’hostal. “His wife met him… with a cup of warmed wine… he removed his cape and gave it to one of his daughters,” he then “seated himself at the head of the table” while “The eldest daughter brought him a bowl of water and a napkin”. The cap d’hostal did not lift a finger, and these girls didn’t need to be asked to help out, this was simply their duty as a female.
Both women are contrasting representations of Hedda. From the opening of the play her [Hedda’s] relationship with Aunt Julie is a strained one. Hedda views Aunt Julie as a symbol of what she herself loathes and could at the same time could quite easily become. Aunt Julie epitomises the idea of the domestic, dutiful woman with no true purpose of her own. She instead finds her purpose through the lives of the male characters and the arguably mediocre success that Tessman has had.
An old lady has just told me that I speak exactly like Queen Victoria. (Shaw67)” This is a key moment in the play, because the reader can see Eliza’s true desire to ultimately fit in with the elegant women of the higher social class . Before this moment, Eliza wanted to be compared to the queen, but now she realizes she sticks out for, in her mind, the wrong reasons. Prior to her metamorphosis Eliza was alienated by society for her barbaric nature, but after she learns the importance of phonetics she is once again alienated for being exceedingly eloquent. This is ironic because the once poor uneducated flower girl has surpassed the social status of the women she once envied.
Having being set alone on stage, from a dramatic point of view, it would be most effective if Lady Macbeth were to read the letter aloud for the first time as paces from left to right of stage. This would not only convey Lady Macbeth’s true immediate response to the letter, but with changes in volume and a high pitched tone, showing how ecstatic Lady Macbeth is, to hear her husband being greeted as King, revealing her true motives. Lost in her own excitable state, Lady Macbeth is impetuously lured into the prophecy of the “metaphysical” forces, as she determines herself into acquiring the status of King for her husband. Human instinct would make it difficult to believe the words of creatures “that made themselves air”, but clearly this is not the case with Lady Macbeth. Consequently the influence of the witches’ prophecy on Lady Macbeth gets her to overlooks Macbeth’s newly acquired title of “Thane of Cawdor”, as Lady Macbeth’s ambitions demand more for her husband.