"The tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in 1604, portrays women with a variety of strengths. In Elizabethan society, women were considered the 'weaker sex' but in many of his works Shakespeare seems to question this patriarchal society. Shakespeare wrote "Macbeth" with the intention of flattering King James I, the ruler of this era James I had very strong opinions regarding women and, in particular,. to witches. He saw women as inferior and expected them to be housewives and mothers. Shakespeare portrays witches as evil, useless and completely mad. This fits with the view of witches in Shakespeare's time that they were poor, elderly women they adapted to society to reopen the Globe Theater and it was the first play performed there when it reopened Shakespeare's portrayal of women in Macbeth would have shocked Elizabethan audiences as it contradicted beliefs about women's place in society. In Act 1, Scene 1, the audience. he is introduced to the three witches. They play an important role in the story and appear to be strong. In Shakespeare...