Blog Post 3.1 Macbeth Image

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This image is demonstrating a scene from Shakespeare's play named "The Tragedy of Macbeth" This image is showing the scene when Lady Macbeth is pressuring Macbeth to kill the King so he can take over the throne and become King. You can see in the eyes of Macbeth that he is perplexed, bothered, and deeply frightened to do the task. In Lady Macbeth's eyes you see no mercy. You can see determination no matter what the consequences are. She believes that since the witches told him the prophecy that no matter what happens he will be king. She wanted to be Queen so badly that she didn't care of going to the extent of murdering someone. Even the current King. In the image you can see the intimidation that she is causing and you can also see how her body language seems condescending. She is questioning his manhood and the love he has for her. She is manipulating him to kill the King to take over the throne. If you look closely you can see that she is already wearing a crown and she is not even Queen yet. Thats a example of how determined she is. You can tell by the image that he does not want to do the task anymore but she is pressuring him and it even seem threatening. Lady Macbeth falls under the Warrior Archetype. You can see that she is willing to do anything to take what she believes is rightfully hers. She also falls under the archetype of the trickster. It stated here This means that she is willing to change the current world of peace in to havoc unimaginable terror. She did that exact thing when she pressured Macbeth to kill the king. She is a woman who uses her power to make the hero weak. Macbeth unfortunately is the villain due to getting pressured to kill the king. He also killed innocent men due to his own benefit.