Macbeth by Shakespeare is a play that challenges the typical gender roles. Macbeth was set back in the 11th century, where a woman being a dominant figure was unheard of. In 1606, when this play was written, the idea of a woman controlling a man was still a taboo subject, however, Shakespeare manages to write about this unusual idea through his play, Macbeth. Shakespeare's Macbeth, reverses the stereotypes for genders mainly through the use of the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, where the woman is seen as the strong and dominant person and the man is seen as weak and submissive.
