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Corruption; Lady Macbeth

"That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold.

What hath quenched them hath given me fire.

(2.2.1-3)

" I have drugged their possets,

That death and nature do contend about them,

Whether they live or die."

(1.7.8-11)

"Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know

How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.

I would, while it was smiling in my face,

Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums

And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this."

(1.7.55-60)

Fiona Manipulating Coven Ministers

Corruption : Fiona Goode

Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking

  • Fiona will do anyhting to stay in power, even if it means putting the lives of others in danger.

"The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon

His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt

Of our great quell?" (1.7.70-73)

  • She is so obsessed with power that she will let nothing stand in her way.

Remorse: Lady Macbeth

"This coven doesn't need a new supreme, it needs a new rug."

"Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content: tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." (3.2 4-7)

"out damned spot! out I say!... Fie, my lord, a soldier, and afead?" (5.1 35-37)

  • the guilt is taking over Lady Macbeth and her life is now truly full of darkness

"Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." (5.1 50-52)

Duncan's Murder

Manipulation; Fiona Goode

Framing Myrtle for murdering Madison

Fiona kills Madison

"Haven't you heard, I have no soul. I'll just kill them all."

Manipulating Queenie to help her frame Myrtle

Thesis

Lady Macbeth's manipulative nature and abuse of power pushes Macbeth to carry out their dark thoughts, ultimately leads to her shame & demise.

"Lady Macbeth Incites Macbeth to Murder Duncan"

Lady Macbeth/Fiona Goode Parallels

Manipulation ; Lady Macbeth

manipulation

Conclusion

"When you durst do it, then you were a man;

And to be more than what you were, you would

Be so much more the man. '

corruption

  • "And yet wouldst wrongly win. thou'ld’st have, great Glamis, that which cries, “Thus thou must do,” if thou have it," (1.5.10-14)

remorse

  • "Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't. He that’s coming Must be provided for; and you shall put This night’s great business into my dispatch,Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom." (1.5.62)
  • The characters of Lady Macbeth and Fiona Goode are very comparable
  • "Leave all the rest to me." (1.5.65)

Remorse : Fiona Goode

  • They both rose and fell from power through manipulation, corruption and remorse
  • Fiona's cancer allows her to rethink her life
  • She realizes that she has lived a life of evil and now wants to make things right

"I have to die for you to truly live"

  • She wanted her life to end, but on her own will

"have mercy on me, put me out of my misery"

Death: Lady Macbeth

Fiona's Final Words

Death: Fiona Goode

  • Lady Macbeth was consumed with guilt and shame
  • She ended up committing suicide
  • The shame and remorse was far too much for Fiona
  • She wanted to die

The Rise and Fall of Lady Macbeth

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