Piper M’s Reviews > Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare > Status Update

The book is great. The crimes committed.. not so great.

Ahhh the children murder attempts begin

I honestly respect in a way that they are determined to be destined for greatness—I’m not going to murder anyone, but I can see how it is an exaggeration of how corrupt intentions can manifest.

Okay, genuinely don’t hate me for this: I don’t think Macbeth or Lady Macbeth are evil, simply morally gray, complex characters with Faustian ideologies. I think that their relationship serves to challenge the cultural acceptances of the time it was published, with a dominant female character who is intelligent and cunning.