What exactly is the difference between masculinity and femininity? Shakespeare includes only men in Macbeth but I don't think this has as much to do with the time period as the article suggests. "At that time, a woman’s role would be as home-maker and child-bearer," Thacker states, but if you're able to look deeper into Shakespeare's creative mind, you will see that Macbeth is not about whether you are man or woman. This is revealed the most when Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to "unsex her" in order for her to be able to kill King Duncan without feeling. Throughout the play, characters go from men or women to demonic figures who will do anything for a position of power. As the play goes on, the more and more each character is stripped of their humility for other human beings. Immediately at the beginning, anyone who is sane is immediately killed off, leaving only the men and women who have become savages to live and cause more destruction.
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