To what extent do you believe Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth? How might the direction of the play impact upon this?

The first 200 words of this essay...

James Crowe

English

G.C.S.E. Coursework

Macbeth

To what extent do you believe Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth? How might the direction of the play impact upon this?

The question of the essay, to what extent do I believe Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth, makes it clear that she is the object which we study. However it is about the play of Macbeth, so therefore Macbeth himself must also be largely looked at. To answer this question, I first intend to outline how this will be looked at and then study the extent to which she is responsible. Also the question of the direction of the plays impact upon this I will look at to see how it affects the extent to which Lady Macbeth is seen to be responsible. However this I believe is less important than the first question raised, and it relies upon the first question so I will spend less time looking at it than the main point. Finally I intend to show that Lady Macbeth is responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth, but not to a large extent.

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