Lady Macbeth Women Are Weak Analysis

Lady Macbeth completely destroys the idea that women are weak. At the time Macbeth was written, women were not seen as equal to men. They weren’t warriors, like many men were expected to be. One of the first times she speaks, Lady Macbeth reveals that she’s not delicate, and also has a dark personality. She doesn’t need to play by the rules. Even now, a woman wanting to become a man is a thought that a lot of people have a hard time accepting. Lady Macbeth has no problem with it. She thinks that she’s tougher than Macbeth. “unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/ Of direst cruelty!” (Macbeth, 1.5.31-33). She’s, in a way, stronger than her own husband. Being a man would give her reason to not have compassion or be dainty,