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The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth goes through a transformation as the play develops. Discuss how this happens and try to account for the transformation. The Tragedy of Macbeth was written during the Renaissance Period. The particular historical time is known as Jacobean times - times when women were not educated and repressed and all their duties were reduced to their households. Men were usually away fighting and were considered to be superior to women. Women were seen as submissive, and inferior regardless to their class or wealth. Christianity implied the role of women in such way and if women did not perform their duties they were considered sinful. According to the Bible, it was Eve, who tempted Adam into sin and therefore men should rule over women. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's relationship is perceived as a Jacobean relationship, since Lady Macbeth tempted Macbeth to the sin. Furthermore,...

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