Lady Macbeth: Difference between revisions

== Live Action TV ==

* Sherry Palmer from ''[[24]]'' has often been compared to Lady Macbeth and is a semi-example of this trope, trying to convince her idealist husband to do whatever is necessary to secure the presidency; but only so that she can be the First Lady. During its [[Golden Age]], [[Television Without Pity]] nicknamed her "Lady MacPalmer" or "Lady Mac".

* Mara Vendrell in ''[[The Shield]].'' If anything she made [[Jerkass|Shane Vendrell]] even ''worse'' than he already was.

* There's a reason that Ellen Tigh of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' was given the [[Fan Nickname]] of "Lady McTigh" - she regularly used alcohol, nagging, and what we'll politely term "feminine wiles" to goad her husband, Colonel Saul Tigh, into making some of the Worst. Decisions. Ever. While she didn't quite have a [[Karmic Death]] - it was too heartwrenching to be Karmic, as {{spoiler|she was poisoned by Saul on (valid) suspicion of being a Cylon collaborator. Double irony points as 1) she did it for him, and 2) Saul and Ellen are both big damn Cylons ANYWAY}} - she was still one of the most unashamedly manipulative characters on the show.

* Gillian Darmody on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' spends much of the second season pushing her son into some truly reprehensible actions. Her [[Moral Event Horizon]] comes when she talks Jimmy into letting a hit on Nucky go through, even though Jimmy is very much opposed to the idea and begs to be allowed to change his mind.

** Margaret is a much less extreme example, but shows some shades of this as well. In "Ourselves Alone", she shows a lot of promise in retrieving Nucky's bankroll and ledger from under police surveillance, then burning it and telling him to commit future deals to memory.

 

== Theater ==