Lady Macbeth And Feminism Essay

For a continuous strain of time the role of females have been reduced to a passive and submissive role in society. Women are seen by men in the patriarchal society as weak-minded and not equal to them. They are expected to carry out domestic tasks within their husband’s household and be a caregiver for their children. With men being the predominant financial stability and structure of the family household, they were given much bigger responsibility than women. Both genders having stereotypes of their own, but of course men had a much more positive image than women, and were expected to act upon the roles given to them. The theory of Feminist looks focuses primarily on inequalities set towards women and the social rules given to them. However these social rules given to women aren’t always followed as in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the typical female stereotype and role in society is challenged as it is seen throughout the play that female characters such as Lady Macbeth do not adhere to the typical role of women in society and act differently than that expected of a women. …show more content…
This theory states multiple points separated into three categories about women’s supposed roles and how they are not equal or at least different in some way to the role of men. The first category of is gender differences, where the idea that women serve totally different roles than men in society. It is proposed that in each society, there has been a guideline or a list of social expectations of men and women. In each of these societies, women are typically seen as weak, submissive, and passive to their husbands. Because of society's gender roles, this supposedly forces women to become objectified, and sexualized as their only profitable role is the ability to rear