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Is Lady Macbeth a fiend-like Queen? - page 4
Keywords: william shakespeare lady macbeth fiend-like queen drama
By exploiit on 19/06/2010
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Page Number: 4 of 4 pages: 1 2 3 4that “The queen, my lord, is dead”. Unlike today’s idea of suicide in productions like this, Shakespeare’s 17th century audience would have found Lady Macbeth’s death shocking and greatly devastating. The unconventional use of suicide at the time probably helped to collect further sympathy for Lady Macbeth.
It is easy to understand the ideas behind Lady Macbeth’s role as a ‘fiend-like’ queen. Her ruthless, cruel and calculating mannerisms make it very difficult to disregard her fiendish nature, but it would be unfair and inaccurate to ignore the contrasting behaviour that Lady Macbeth showcases throughout the play. Lady Macbeth easily exemplifies the power of true commitment and pure love for her partner through her unstoppable attitude and sheer determination to award her husband. She may take this determination to an extreme and unnecessary level, but it is still an illustration of how faithful she is, and how much she admires her husband. The mental suffering she subjects herself to for this cause makes it evident that, although fiendish, Lady Macbeth is also a tragic victim of her own determination. The human qualities she displays (i.e. the inability to kill Duncan herself, the need to be drunk) also help us to recognize that she is not a monster; she is simply a victim of greed and foul circumstance.
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