Men Women And Babes Analysis
During the centuries, many have opinionated their thoughts on this man, drastically. Per the man himself, William Shakespeare, “Women may fall, when there’s no strength in men.” Scholars say that this comment of Shakespeare has connected with his sexist attitude. Could he really have been stereotyping again women? “In his article, “Men, Women, and Babes”, Michael Long discusses of Lady Macbeth’s role in Macbeth. He further expresses her demanding need of diverting herself in becoming more of a masculine nature. He also touches briefly on her stringent demeanor in regards with her husband and how her demanding stance pushes him to the brink” (Long 54). “If Lady Macbeth appears later as the most, guilty it is not because she is more remorseless
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Some agree that this ties with his anti-feministic view on females. It was very known that women did not share the same equal value as men, so is that the reason Shakespeare viewed women like that? Was he just learning it from his surroundings? Women were no more than “at home mothers” and sidekick companions beside their husbands. Readers have seen that Shakespeare had no problem repeating these unruly actions into his works. “Also, you see that in many of his works, men are rebuked for having a woman-like attitude due to their failure to show courage of some sort” (Olsen 200). A perfect example of this occurs in Macbeth. When Macbeth began to have second thoughts about the plan of murdering Duncan, his wife was quick to remind him how weak he was becoming and intruded that she could without a doubt do it by herself. The unequal rights of women went along with women being belittled by their male companions. Of course, Shakespeare had occurrences of these sorts in many of his works. It’s ironic because, you don’t see this very often with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It may have been because she was already such a demeaning and strong being, luckily, she was not treated like most woman were treated by their husbands. She was involved with much of Macbeth’s life. He treated her quite equal and fair, for the most part. “Even in her dealings with him, Lady Macbeth is the stronger of the two, taking the lead and pushing for her goals” (Thompson 435). You can tell from this quote the personality and strong demeanor Lady Macbeth had, even when she was
Some agree that this ties with his anti-feministic view on females. It was very known that women did not share the same equal value as men, so is that the reason Shakespeare viewed women like that? Was he just learning it from his surroundings? Women were no more than “at home mothers” and sidekick companions beside their husbands. Readers have seen that Shakespeare had no problem repeating these unruly actions into his works. “Also, you see that in many of his works, men are rebuked for having a woman-like attitude due to their failure to show courage of some sort” (Olsen 200). A perfect example of this occurs in Macbeth. When Macbeth began to have second thoughts about the plan of murdering Duncan, his wife was quick to remind him how weak he was becoming and intruded that she could without a doubt do it by herself. The unequal rights of women went along with women being belittled by their male companions. Of course, Shakespeare had occurrences of these sorts in many of his works. It’s ironic because, you don’t see this very often with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It may have been because she was already such a demeaning and strong being, luckily, she was not treated like most woman were treated by their husbands. She was involved with much of Macbeth’s life. He treated her quite equal and fair, for the most part. “Even in her dealings with him, Lady Macbeth is the stronger of the two, taking the lead and pushing for her goals” (Thompson 435). You can tell from this quote the personality and strong demeanor Lady Macbeth had, even when she was