Women: are they really subordinate to men? Unlike many of his other plays where female roles are portrayed as weak and helpless individuals inferior to men, a new character merges. Lady Macbeth reveals that women are equivalent to men; or even higher in certain cases. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the audience discovers Lady Macbeth who opposes the stereotypical woman and leads the mediocre Macbeth into darkness. However, as Lady Macbeth is power-hungry, uses manipulative tactics and femininity, she leads herself to her disappointing demise. At first, Lady Macbeth appears as a calm and gentle person, but later reveals her true nature of being a demon. behind a mask. She desires the power of queen and is ready to use any means to seize it. Lady Macbeth calls the spirits to ask them to “fill her from head to toe with the most terrible cruelty… [to] block the access and passage to remorse” (I, v, 45-47), so she is able to live without the intrusive thoughts of his conscience. Between herself and Macbeth, she feels that she is the stronger of the two. T...