blog 18

Do you agree/ disagree with some of the article's analysis? Choose a quotation from Thacker's writing and argue for or against it.

I agree with the article's analysis of Macbeth. "It is important to Macbeth to be seen as a strong, powerful man. Lady Macbeth taunts him and mocks his sexuality to force him to get the courage to kill Duncan" (Thacker). If Lady Macbeth didn't challenge Macbeth, he wouldn't have actually killed Duncan. Macbeth knew how much he wanted to be king, but it was Lady Macbeth's idea for him to kill Duncan. Macbeth realized that it was a bad idea for him to kill Duncan, but Lady Macbeth challenged him, knowing that he liked to be seen as "a strong, powerful man" (Thacker), she decided to mock him.