Lady Macbeth
The play Macbeth is well known for its abundant use of imagery. Imagery is used for numerous reasons such as to convey certain visions to the audience and to give life to the play. One major use of imagery can be seen with the character of Lady Macbeth. Her characterization is strongly dependent on imagery and progresses dramatically with the advancement of the play. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is introduced as a dominant, controlling, heartless wife with an obsessive ambition to achieve kingship for her husband. After she learns of her husband’s plan to murder Duncan, she realizes that her husband is not man enough to commit the murder. She believes he “...is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness...”(I.v.15), and he would be great except he is “...not without ambition, but without/ The illness should attend it...”(I.v.17-18). Lady Macbeth is clearly presented as the dominant person in the relationship; which, is a reversal of the stereotypical roles of the time. She is presented as one of the strongest characters featuring in the beginning of play. In Lady Macbeth’s famous “unsex me” speech, we are presented with many images of her wanting to be de-womanized, guiltless, and fearless, like a man. She declares “unse
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Approximate Word count = 942
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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