How Are Women Presented in and Out of Love in ‘Macbeth’ , ‘the Farmer’s Bride’ and ‘Sister Maude’ ?

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In ‘Macbeth’ , Lady Macbeth is deeply in love but on the other hand in the poem ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ , the farmer describes his ‘maid’ as being out of love and never being in love , in the poem ‘Sister Maude’ she was in love but is out of love because of the death of her lover. Lady Macbeth’s love for her husband is shown by her being prepared to give up her humanity in order to help Macbeth’s ambition of being king . An Elizabethan audience would have understood the seriousness of regicide , believing that killing the king is an act against God Himself. Yet she is still prepared to do this for his sake. Unlike Lady Macbeth, the farmers bride is portrayed as a women out of love . Set in Victorian times , the poem is about an arranged marriage where a local wealthy landowner picks a woman in the village to become his wife. The poem is about a farmer telling the story of how his relationship with his bride went wrong. Unlike Lady Macbeth and the farmers bride , ‘Sister Maude’ is about a character that was having a love affair and did not tell her parents, but her sister did . Her love for her lover falls because of his death and the character becomes abusive and harsh towards her sister . Set also in Victorian times , the poem describes a love that is strong that turns into a betrayal because of jealousy . In ‘Macbeth’, we hear Lady Macbeth’s voice more frequently than the farmer’s bride – she doesn’t seem to even speak through the entire poem. In ‘Macbeth’ when Macbeth is greeted by three witches as “King hereafter” , he sends a letter to his wife about the encounter , knowing that she loves him and that she will understand what she needs to do by providing the “direst cruelty” required for killing the king . When the letter arrives , Lady Macbeth instinctively understands that Macbeth’s letter to her is a silent request for help. She speaks in a mon-salabic way

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