Women's Role In Macbeth

The feeling of being suppressed is known by many and has been known for the longest time. The ideology that someone is superior due to gender is understood and dealt with by many. With this inequality comes the role which is forced upon women and is seen normal in today and previous lifestyles; the most commonly known role is the common housewife. The common housewife is women that are expected to cook, clean, and take care of the children; with most their dreams and goals must be put aside. The inequality isn’t always visible in the eyes of men as they are the ones assigning typically these specific roles to women. Women began to understand that they are seen as less than man and were determined to make a difference. This is very important because in the play, …show more content…
This is shown by how he involves the female characters by placing them in roles seen held by only men. For example, this is seen with Lady Macbeth's as she was given a position of power typically only held by men while at the same time exercising power over other high ranking officials. Additionally, similar actions were presented when Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches, the importance of this scene was that the three witches told Macbeth and Banquo their fates showing how women have power over men in the sense that they tell these to their future and have control over their actions. Both of these also correspond to current events such as Hillary Clinton, and the ability for women to join the military because these real-world examples correspond with the Shakespeare idea of women by that they are both showing women similar to men when it comes to equality. They are also shown advancing and showing that they are capable of doing the same as man and more. In total women no longer have to be a stereotypical housewife, but can now have equality and share similarities with