![]() ![]() Becoming the queen, the decay comes from remorse which arouses during sleep time and leads her to madness. ![]() They become partners in crime, but it is Lady Macbeth who plays a determining role in their macabre quest for power. But, is she really portrayed as a victim? In Macbeth, the protagonists live on the terms of equals, but, when they are lured to commit a crime by demonic equivocation, Lady Macbeth assumes a male attitude and encourages her husband to take action. Whereas in the beginning she is praised by her obedient nature and devotion to her husband, in the end she is fiercely condemned by a sin which she has not committed. ![]() In Othello, Desdemona, the female protagonist, undergoes a peculiar fall from grace based on male Machiavellian plotting. This paper is aimed at unveiling the feminist evidence underlying in the depiction of female characters. They reflect two different ways of addressing the feminist issue, but, as they both describe the women’s downfall, they portray the everlasting unsuccessful attempts of women to triumph over a predominantly male-controlled environment. As they explore the depths of human passions, William Shakespeare’s tragedies Othello (1603) and Macbeth (1606) can be considered manifestations of socially constructed genre. Born as an adjunct to the political movement, feminism in literature explores those elements that convey the idea of female alienation under the ties of a patriarchal society. ![]()
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