Grade 9 Theme of Gender in 'Macbeth'

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Exploring the theme of gender in ‘Macbeth’ through Lady Macbeth’s earlier subversion from traditional Jacobean gender norms, later on conforming to the same norms to rid herself of responsibility in Duncan’s regicide.

Furthermore, it is explored in the titular character, Macbeth, whose toxic masculinity provokes him to prove himself to society, leading to unchecked power and his inevitable hamartia.