The female’s characters are presented in lot of ways in of mice and men and Shake Spare Macbeth. In my essay I shall compare both of the female characters the ways they are presented.

“Conduct me to mine host, we love him highly, and shall continue our graces towards him”

He says that he will continue to give him good things, to keep Macbeth on his side, as he would be a powerful enemy. Macbeth is a leader of the army and probably commands the loyalty of the army, which would be a powerful tool if he were ever disagreeing with the king. The king is trying to avoid a situation like that by hinting that he is going to do more things for him, so that Macbeth will wait and see what he does before taking matters into his own hands. Duncan also think that Macbeth loves him and would only do something like that as a last resort, showing his naivety again of Macbeth’s character, and specially him underestimation of lady Macbeth. In a soliloquy, Macbeth begins to think about the practicalities, showing his real intent to go through with it.
“If it were done, when it’s done, then here well if it were done quickly.”
Here Macbeth admits that he does want to kill Duncan, but also realises that he must take his chances while he can to avoid getting caught, or him missing his opportunity and never getting the chance to become king. He says this, so that the audience know what he is going to do it that night, so it builds the suspense. He still uses the word “if” indicating that Lady Macbeth has persuaded him to do it. Lady Macbeth was confident that she could persuade him earlier in scene 6, and now the audience would see that it has worked, and it would reinforce their view of how devious, and manipulative she is.

Additionally, Curley’s wife is seen only as a possession of Curley, rather like a trophy wife. The fact that Steinbeck writers the characters as never once