Tuesday 14 April 2015

L is for Lady Macbeth — a fan letter

Dearest Lady Macbeth
I just want to tell you that I think you've copped a really bad rap over the years. Countless teachers have painted you as the archetypal evil woman: cold, scheming, lustful for status but ultimately weak-minded and pathetic. They represent you as the villain of the piece, the pushy wife, the corrupter of moral order. Well, I think that's a load of bollocks.

Lady Mac, while it would be stretching things to call you a hero, I love that you were prepared to bust out of the role of subjugated wife and mother, to damn obedience to hell, and go for it, to grab for that chalice with both hands. You did your best to gee-up your husband to pursue his aims, but he couldn't follow through. Frankly, he was a bit of a dick. He was totally sucked in by the witches' prophetic riddle and happy to let others do his dirty work for him. What a loser.  He would have made a lousy king, but you, you would have totally rocked it as queen.

It really sucks that so few people end up on Team Lady Mac, but I just had to let you know there's at least one of us out here flying your flag.
Sincerely,
Your biggest fan.


Song of the Day: Hands Clean, Alanis Morissette (2002)



Question of the Day: How do you see Lady Macbeth?



10 comments:

  1. I see Lady Macbeth as impatient and manipulative. And, let's be honest, the whole thing could have been nipped in the bud straight away had the forensics team been more thorough after Duncan's murder.

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    1. LOL... CSI meets Shakespeare... Get onto that agent of yours. I think you've hit upon yet another version of CSI/NCIS/SVU

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  2. I have not read this, but you have inspired me to look it out! I love your down-to-earth, straight-talking, and I shall look forward to finding out if Lady M would indeed rocked it as queen.

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    1. ...I'm shattered... you went to school in the UK and you never studied Macbeth?? Utter sacrilege...

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    2. What can I say?! We did The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet. That was more than enough for me thanks! I might appreciate it more now I am older!

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  3. Haha :) True, Lady Mac gets a lot more shade than any of the male characters in the story...

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    1. She's a total wimp compared to the women you've been writing about!

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  4. Not as familiar with Macbeth as I should be, but she can't be all bad. Can she? :)

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    1. Well, I don't think so, Davis, but many would disagree with me...

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