The different faces of evil - Lady Macbeth as second eveNatural disasters in newspaper headlines, in literature, in video games, in Hollywood films, in the amazement of the incidents, in the TV series in the afternoon - all demonstrate our fascination with evil, with death and violence. Evil in Macbeth is clearly omnipresent and an almost infinite theme for different analyses. The role of Lady Macbeth is interesting on many levels of interpretation, but I will focus on her way of being evil and her way of interacting with the other characters in the play. Lady Macbeth is characterized as at least as complex as her husband, although she is not the traditional tragic hero of the play. She not only displays the characteristic of being evil but also many other very human traits. The above has been provided to give the student an idea of the content of the document. The full article begins below.Bosheit ist eine Art Delirium und verwirrt den Verstand.Friedrich II von PreussenPrüfe das Innere jedes beliebigen Menschen - in jedem wirst du wenigstens einen dunklen Punkt finden, den er verhüllen muss. (Bernick)Ibsen, Die Stützen der Gesellschaft III natural disasters in newspaper headlines, in literature, in video games, in Hollywood films, in accidents, in afternoon television series: everything demonstrates our fascination with evil, with death and violence.Evil in Macbeth is clearly omnipresent and an almost infinite theme for different analyses. The role of Lady Macbeth is interesting on many levels of interpretation, but I focus on her way of being evil and her way of interacting with the other characters in the play. Lady Macbeth is characterized as at least as complex as her husband, although she is not the traditional tragic hero of the play. She not only shows the characteristic of being evil but also many other, very human traits. Her interaction with Macbeth and the other characters goes on several levels: she plays the charming serpent, she is a perfect strategist and is probably, before her fall, the most confident and straight person in the play. And she manages to gain even more influence over her husband than the witches. It is therefore worth tackling the analysis of her conduct, from which many faces will emerge, but all of them are a sign of her evocation of evil and make her a second Eve in the fall of men..
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