Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is a "different" kind of relationship. In the beginning, Lady Macbeth is introduced to the reader as this evil woman plotting to murder the present king Duncan and anyone else who might come in her husband's way to become king. Upon Macbeth's arrival Lady Macbeth tells him that she will take charge of the preparations for Duncan's visit and murder. She takes their relationship into her hands, telling her husband to "Leave all the rest to me" ( I, vi,86.) Lady Macbeth could be viewed as possessing manly qualities, for she does seem to take control of their relationship. Yet, after Macbeth commits this sin of murdering his own king, his personality and train of thought is obvious and drastically changed. Though he does manifest guilt, he soon begins planning his next victim. Also, when Ross and Lennox find their King murdered in his bed, Macbeth

And yet your beards forbid me to interpret

proceeds to kill the guards whom he had framed, in an act of rage. This rage never seen to the reader until now, after he murders Duncan. After this unfortunate assassination of a great king, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's role in their relationship seems to switch. It is now Macbeth who takes charge of the present situation, and does not inform Lady Macbeth of his intended plans of killing Banquo. He regards her as "dear chuck" and tells her to pretend that she does not know anything that he is planning on doing. Macbeth's referral to Lady Macbeth as "Dear chuck", is a phrase which reveals that Macbeth now has control of their relationship. Lady Macbeth is no longer viewed as possessing those manly qualities after the murder of Duncan.

Within the first act of the play, the reader is introduced to the three Weird Sisters. Having this meeting being one of the first events in the play foreshadows not only this confusion of gender roles, but the idea of the supernatural world as well.

That look not like th' in habitants o' th' earth

That man may question? You seem to understand

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