The Elimination Of Gender Roles In Lady Macbeth By William Shakespeare

Nowadays society does not know what equality means, anything a man can do, a women can do also. Women deserve leadership roles just as much as men do. Leaderships roles should be determined by characteristics not gender, women are just as capable as men. Women are significantly underrated in so many aspects when really they have ability to do anything a man is able to do if not better. Many believe that when women are in power they overuse it. Leadership is “the action of leading a group of people or an organization.” You do not have to be a male to be a leader, female leaders do a good job also. Many people think otherwise, they believe that a male should be the leader of an organization and to have control, power and leadership. One reason why a woman should have more …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is the main person to focus on about gender roles. In the play Lady Macbeth persuades her husband, Macbeth, to murder Duncan and for her to tell her husband that she must have masculine characteristics. She is not like any other female in the world who is too kind and considerate. In Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth wishes to lose her feminine characteristics and gain masculine characteristics. "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" (Lines 38-41) That quote Lady Macbeth says means that she believes that the feminine qualities that she has will prevent her from being successful at Duncan 's death. This relates to real life situations because Lady Macbeth has released her feminine qualities and has taken on masculine characteristics, this means woman today can take on masculine characteristics and become a leader and take on leadership. To be a leader does not mean you have to totally drop your feminine characteristics, but it means to keep your mind open to masculine characteristics and you will be a great