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(plan) P1 lady macbeth subverts gender norms through her violent behavior P2 Lady macbeth is unnatural P3 Lady Macbeth is cunning and deceptive

Shakespeare in "Macbeth" highlight Lady Macbeth as cunning and dangerous woman who subverts gender norms of women during the Jacobean era as soft and gentle and serves as a warning to the audience of the Jacobean audience that gender roles were incredibly restrictive and women with masculine traits were since as unnatural.

Shakespeare highlight Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman who subverts gender norms through her violent and ruthless behaviour, to create shock and tension for the audience and reveal the consequences of murder. When Lady Macbeth is speaking to Macbeth, she violently outburst that "Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums and dash'd the brains out," Here, Lady Macbeth is highlighted as cruel and wicked as she mercilessly admits to killing her child. Shakespeare uses' of plosive verbs creates a sense of unease with in the audience as watching a woman say such words was seen as unnatural and corrupt, as women were seen as kind and loving with children as it was their role, however Lady Macbeth subvert the idea of how a women should act by using such cruel language. Shakespeare reinforces this through the uses' of violent imagery highlight how she has no sort of humanity and is only focused on achieve her ambitions just like Macbeth highlighting how similar they are. It was believe during the Jacobean era that women with masculine traits were seen as villains as it subverts the idea of women being kind and caring, Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to challenge the ideas of women and highlights her as violent and strong.

Shakespeare highlights Lady Macbeth as a powerful women through her unnatural and violent behaviour, to reveal her twisted mindset and expose the consequence of witchcraft. At night, Lady Macbeth demands for the spirits an frantically says for them to " Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; and fill me, from crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty." Here, Lady Macbeth is depicted as a villian as she has traded her humanity using witchcraft. Shakespeare uses' of visual imagery to explore how Lady Macbeth has traded her humanity to become more cruel and masculine, showing how she could achieve her ambition when she was more feminine and subverts gender roles taking on the more cruel work compared to her husband Macbeth. the word "unsex" highlights how Lady Macbeths uses witchcraft to become more violent and cruel to take what she desires, this would have offended the audience because witchcraft is a sin and goes against God, this shows that Lady Macbeth is will to go to the supernatural to realise her ambition and help Macbeth become King. Therefore during the the Jacobean era gender roles was incredibly restrictive and women going against the roles were seen as unnatural and wicked, Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to serve as a warning to the audience about the dangerous of going against gender roles.

Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as a powerful women through her cunning and deceptive behaviour, to reveal her manipulative mindset and to expose the consequence of treason. in Macbeths castle, Lady Macbeth coldly says to Macbeth that he should " Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't" Here, Lady Macbeth is highlighted at manipulative and ambitious as she want help Macbeth commit treason and become king. Shakespeare uses of similes explores how Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to control his ambition and hide his true intent to kill king Duncan, showing how deceptive she truely is, the word "serpent" highlight her Lady Macbeths is dangerous and like a serpent spreads her ambition to Macbeth without him knowing, showing how cunning she is and how she subverts the idea of how a women should act. therefore this links to the Guy Fawkes night where king James I was almost assinated throught the gun powder poil, leading to him becoming more paranoid, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as warning to the audience that treason and regicide has consequence.