Love is Blind

Suggested Song: Courtesy of The Great Gatsby Soundtrack


Although not necessarily relating to the prompt or question, but how do we even know that Macbeth loves Lady Macbeth. Marriages, even in Shakespeare's time, were not typically based on love. They were opportunities. Opportunities to change social standing (in a minuet way), seal business deals (typically between countries), or just simply have one less mouth to feed. Yes there were a handful of examples in which people back in real Macbeth's and even Shakespeare's time that had the opportunity to marry for love, but I wouldn't consider those events the norm.


The audience and Macbeth are obviously going to view Lady Macbeth in different ways. On one side we have an almost façade or show that Lady Macbeth puts on for her husband where her true feelings are often but not always mentioned, rather they are mentioned so that only the audience knows what she is really feeling creating a sort of dramatic irony.