In his tragic play Macbeth, William Shakespeare features a compelling character in the form of Lady Macbeth, wife to the play’s protagonist, where she is depicted as being deeply disturbed. Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy is about Macbeth’s bloody rise to power, involving the brutal murder of the King of Scotland, Duncan, and the guilt ridden pathology of evil deeds where Lady Macbeth is integral in orchestrating an unnatural, phantasmagorical realm of madness due to her perpetual thirst for power
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the power of woman is the dominant power. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth has a distinct grip on Macbeth and wields a strong control over him and his actions. In turn, Lady Macbeth has the power to alter Macbeth’s destiny by affecting his way of thinking and convincing him to commit crimes he otherwise would not have committed. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth uses various powers and words of persuasion to accomplish her goal of influencing Macbeth’s decisions. Lady Macbeth initially