The gender stereotyping and depression in Macbeth In the play Macbeth they portray a very unique and unusual form of how the gender should act throughout the play. It goes through a whole range of emotions from both genders, but they are reversed in a sense of the way each one is designated to act. In the book Men don’t cry written by Terry L Martin, they talk about grieving patterns by person’s gender saying women cry more than men in a time of grief. The play Macbeth depicts it a little differently with Lady Macbeth is being the tough one and Macbeth being soft throughout the play. As the play comes to a close you see them switch roles with each other where Macbeth shows signs of toughness and Lady Macbeth shows signs of softness.
Both characteristics are portrayed by both roles and are switched around a lot in Shakespeare’s work. Macbeth shows the more feminine side and Lady Macbeth shows the masculine side in the play. You can see the way Lady Macbeth is driven by the power and the need to be queen in the play that she is willing to help murder Duncan. Which in most cases the man is willing to do it no matter what and doesn’t really involve the women because they usually show her as scared or not wanting to move forward with the murder. …show more content…
Lady Macbeth portrays her desire to lose her feminine qualities and gain masculine ones. She cries, "Come, you spirits / that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, / and fill me from the crown to the toe top full / of direst cruelty" (I.5.38-41). She asked to have her gender changed in order to pursue Macbeth’s prophecy. Clearly, gender is out of its traditional order. This disruption of gender roles is also presented through Lady Macbeth's actions of the dominant role in the Macbeth's marriage but also in many areas, she rules her husband and dictates his
Both characteristics are portrayed by both roles and are switched around a lot in Shakespeare’s work. Macbeth shows the more feminine side and Lady Macbeth shows the masculine side in the play. You can see the way Lady Macbeth is driven by the power and the need to be queen in the play that she is willing to help murder Duncan. Which in most cases the man is willing to do it no matter what and doesn’t really involve the women because they usually show her as scared or not wanting to move forward with the murder. …show more content…
Lady Macbeth portrays her desire to lose her feminine qualities and gain masculine ones. She cries, "Come, you spirits / that tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here, / and fill me from the crown to the toe top full / of direst cruelty" (I.5.38-41). She asked to have her gender changed in order to pursue Macbeth’s prophecy. Clearly, gender is out of its traditional order. This disruption of gender roles is also presented through Lady Macbeth's actions of the dominant role in the Macbeth's marriage but also in many areas, she rules her husband and dictates his