How Does The Relationship Between Macbeth And

Lady Macbeth Develop And Change Throughout The Play. Essay, Research Paper

The play I have been studying is Macbeth by William Shakespeare. I will

be concentrating on the relationship between Macbeth and his wife and how this

changes and develops throughout the play. I will be looking at their

relationship from the point in the play that Lady Macbeth receives a letter

from her husband to her death near the end of the play. ....

Macbeth was one of Shakespeare.s last plays that he wrote in Elizabethan

times somewhere between 1606 and 1611, but the actual play was set in Medieval

Scotland. The play as the title suggests was set around Macbeth, his wife and

their ever growing ambitions and desires. The play begins when Macbeth meets

three witches and is given three prophecies . one of which is that he will be

king. Macbeth tells his wife the news and she persuades him to kill Duncan the

present king. Macbeth then becomes king, but extremely paranoid with it so he

has Banquo (his friend who also saw the witches) murdered. Macbeth returns to

the witches who give him three more predictions in the form of riddles which

later like the first prophecies also, come true. Macbeth then has Macduff .s family killed so Scotland

rises against him. Lady Macbeth dies and Macbeth dies soon after at the hands

of Macduff. ....

In act 1 scene 5 Lady Macbeth receives her husband.s letter about his

victory in battle and his unexpected meeting with the three witches and their

prophesies . that he would soon be Thane of cawdor and eventually king. I think

he must have been very intrigued by the hags and wanted to know more .when I burned in desire. the witches

.fired. his curiosity. The hags obviously captivated him because he wrote .while I stood rapt in the wonder of it..

Even though he seemed amazed by the sight he must have been apprehensive

because at that time witches were greatly feared. At this early point in the

play I think they had a strong relationship and he was very close to his wife

as he felt he could confide his news in her, as I think it is possible people

loyal to the king could have seen him as a threat to the crown. I feel he also

thinks of her as an equal, that he values her views on matters as he says .lay it to thy heart.- he wants her to

think about it and give him her opinion. I also think they have a loving

relationship as he refers to her in the letter as .my dearest

partner of greatest.. He calls her dearest, which to me makes them sound

like a very close couple, that she is a very special person to him and that he

loves her. He refers to her as his partner which to me shows that he thinks of

her as an equal and that he respects her. She is his partner in marriage and

ironically will soon be his partner in crime. I think his use of the word

greatness shows his admiration for her . I think he almost idolises his wife.

Once again I think this is quite ironic, as soon she really does become

.great., she becomes Queen. An Elizabethan audience would be quite disturbed by

the fact witches were involved in the play. In those ages witches were looked

on as workers for the devil, they were thought of as extremely evil and were

therefore greatly feared. Many people would feel very uneasy about the witches

and the apparitions . you could compare it to people nowadays going to see a

chiller movie at the cinema. In this scene Lady Macbeth also calls upon spirits

to make her evil and help her commit the crime to come, this might lead people

to think that she was now possessed. .... ....

In act 1 scene 7 Macbeth can not decide whether to murder the king or

not. He knows that killing Duncan is the wrong thing to do in the eyes of man

and in the eyes of God but his ambitions make him want to do it, however, in

the end he decides against it. Lady Macbeth who is obviously desperate for her

husband to be king then tries various ways to try and persuade him to murder

Duncan. The first method of persuasion she users is asking rhetorical questions

like .Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed

yourself. Hath it slept since. And what wakes it now to look so green and pale

at what it did so freely.. She is asking him if he was drunk when he

promised to kill the king but now he has got a hang over and regrets that he

said he would do it. She is saying she would understand if this was the case

but it is not. She is asking him questions she already knows the answer to, to

try and make her point that he changes his mind too freely, that he is

indecisive and goes back on his word. I think this would make Macbeth feel like

he had let down someone whom he obviously loves and that would make him feel

bad and maybe want to stick to his original promise. Her next method of

persuasion is making him feel like an un-manly coward by saying .Art thou afeared to be the same in thine

own act and valour, as thou art i

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