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The Role Of Women In Macbeth

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This is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing, without a woman or a girl.” The famous lyrics of James Brown’s It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World may speak to a worldview of contemporary society; however, in the world of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, women receive a significantly less flattering light. In fact, a woman’s place in the era of Shakespeare was so restricted that the roles of women in the performance were played by male actors. This is not to say that women are not important in the plot of Macbeth. Shakespeare crafts women as manipulators throughout the plot. The depiction of Lady Macbeth above her husband on the cover speaks volumes to their dynamic as puppeteer and marionette. Conversely, Shakespeare uses his implicit

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