Devaluation Of The Feminine Principle In Lady Macbeth Gender roles play a huge role in Macbeth, and the proper gender principles in women are defined very clearly in the play just as the devaluation of these gender roles are as clearly defined. The natural role of women seem is to be a good supporting wife and care for the children. They're roles are represented in Macbeth through images such as nurturing and breast feeding babies as well as overall compassion. While men's gender role is represented through killing and butchery. "Throughout the play manhood is equated with the ability to kill". From the very beginning of the play we see how the gender roles were reversed through the witches. The witches are female but display characteristics that would define them as men. In fact at first, neither Macbeth nor Banquo are re....

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