Free College Essays-A Strong Women In Shakespeare's Macbeth

Lady Macbeth - A strong women, wife to Macbeth. A powerful female with no intension of going down in the hierarchy, her desire is more power and to become the queen, she’ll take advantage of you if she needs it. Lady Macbeth has a burning desire for becoming the next queen, she steps on Macbeths manliness, because she doesn’t think that he has courage, and he will always be afraid to act upon his desire, she calls him the poor cat in the story, as Macbeth being the cat and wanting to become the next king, but he doesn’t have the guts for taking the next step.
“I would, ” Like the poor cat i' th' adage? “

Lady Macbeth then encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan and Macbeth then kills him, she creates a monster by manipulating Macbeth but later on her conscience influences her, she’s consumed by guilt and madness, so
Macbeth starts by being this great warrior but in the end he becomes a tyrant, who cannot even think straight any longer, consumed by anger and hatred, however Lady Macbeth starts by being this insolent women with no value for other people’s life, but in the end she realises her fault, but she cannot deal with it any longer, so she commits suicide.
What Shakespeare is telling us is the worst can become the best and the best can become the worst, anyone can fall down, become the lowest of low and opposite but you have to realise it in time and you should act rationally.
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In contrast to the original ending, then Justin Kurzel ending differs a bit, instead of the new king giving a speech of encouragement after the death of Macbeth but instead of that in Justin Kurzel ending a young boy comes to the battlefield and walks to Macbeth’s dead body and grabs his sword. In Justin Kurzel ending, Fleance the young boy who took the sword of Macbeth could mean that he wants to fulfil the prophecy by the witches and he takes the sword from Macbeth to tell us the audience that he would anything to take the throne.

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