In forensics when criminals work in pairs, there is often a dominant and submissive personality. In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth has an extreme influence on her husband Macbeth. Due to Macbeth’s submissive personality, he is easily conceivable and will do whatever Lady Macbeth demands he does. If Macbeth did not have Lady Macbeth telling him what to do he would never rise to power and make the play have such an influential message. Lady Macbeth is more important to the deeper meaning of the play than Macbeth because she is influential, ruthless, and ambitious and even though she was not the one who put the most action into anything she was the one who convinced Macbeth to act on anything. First off, people gain most power …show more content…
Timothy Leary once said, “Women who seek to be equal with men, lack ambition”. But Leary might not have taken into consideration the inspiring ambition of Lady Macbeth while he was stating this quote. Macbeth thrives on his wife’s ambition to become man enough to murder Duncan and become the powerful king that Lady Macbeth wanted him to be. After reading the letter from her husband Lady Macbeth declares, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it.” Lady Macbeth's ambition shines through in this scene, she believes that she and Macbeth are “promised” to be king and queen. Her use of “shall be” reflects how she strongly believes that Macbeth is truly destined to become powerful. This expresses her ambition greatly because she is expressing how she will do whatever she can to make her husband thrive. During these times however, gender roles were crucial and Lady Macbeth Was completely aware of this which is reflected when she states “art not without ambition”. Lady Macbeth is aware of what she must do in order to gain power, she must influence Macbeth which she does successfully, to murder Duncan so they can rise to power. Lady Macbeth shows massive influence through the play but especially when she influences Macbeth, this is important to the message of the