How would you describe Lady Macbeth and her son?

Answer 1

The play by William Shakespeare (Baptized April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616) gave a negative description of Lady Macbeth and no description of her child.

According to the Shakespearean play, Lady Macbeth (b. c. 1015) would not be described in a flattering way. Her first appearance was in Act 1 Scene 5, when she read a letter from her husband. There, she would be described as ambitious, controlling, domineering, scheming, selfish, and unscrupulous.

In the letter, Macbeth (c. 1014 - August 15, 1057) told his wife of the last-minute decision by King Duncan I (d. August 14, 1040) to spend the night at Inverness Castle. He also told of the three witches' predictions of a royal future.

Macbeth's Lady must have had her household under control, because she did not agonize over having everything ready for an unexpected royal visit. Instead, she ambitiously embraced the notion of an imminent change in job description for her and her husband. In fact, she unscrupulously mapped out a foul scheme for bringing about the royal promotion before night's end. Macbeth's Lady indeed went on to selfishly think out how to carry everything out by bullying her husband away from his good side and into the realms of evil word, thought and deed.

So the Shakespearean Lady Macbeth would not be described at all as nurturing. Perhaps one of the best indicators of that lack could be seen in regard to her son, the future King Lulach (d. March 17, 1058). Indeed, there was only one reference to her role as mother, in Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 54-58. The reference was coldheartedly negative, in which she spoke of being capable of bashing the child's brains out during a feeding.

Answer 2

In history, Lady Macbeth`s son Lulach posed no threat to Macbeth and succeeded him as king of Scotland.

In the Shakespeare play there are no more than a few oblique references to Lady Macbeth having children, particularly "I have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the babe who milks me". Generally, Shakespeare may not have wanted to deal with the complexities which would arise if he introduced the character of Lulach, and besides, Holinshead did not refer to him at all, so Shakespeare may not have even been aware of his existence