Macbeth and his wife face external conflicts. Lady Macbeth pokes and jives at him about killing Duncan and once she breaks through him he gets upset and starts to retaliate. They face conflicts in relation to A Doll's House when Torvald calls Norma his "little squirrel", Macbeth calls his wife his "chuck". Both are comparing their wives to small and unintelligent animals. Lady Macbeth helps keep the Banquo conflict between her and Macbeth saying that he sees people and that he is crazy. I believe Macbeth wants to make his wife happy because he is doing this for mostly her fix for power. Every decision that he has made has been poor and he knows it, but his wife struggles to help him through and make him reconsider his actions.
I think that's a really interesting point that Macbeth doesn't think his wife is that intelligent, when in reality, she's the one controlling his actions in their relationship. The more she puts him down, the more ruthless he becomes, and the more she enjoys it too, so it's strange that in the beginning Macbeth demeans her like that.
ReplyDelete