Macbeth and the Psychoanalytic Theory - 9.14.15

     In my opinion the play would be a tiny bit different than it is if Lady Macbeth were absent from the text. I believe this because in act two when Macbeth assassinates Duncan he brings back the bloody dagger with him and Lady Macbeth takes the dagger back to Duncan's room and sets the scene for the blame to be placed on the servants. So if she had never done this then Macduff and the others would have found out that Macbeth was the initial murderer of Duncan and not the servants. Then again, if she was absent from the play would Macbeth have taken such immoral measures to kill Duncan, or would he have gone by and waited for something to happen to him and take the place as King without doing anything to the measure of murder. 

     If Lady Macbeth were to play a man, I believe that this story would be no different as it already is. In saying that, I infer that whoever the man is whether it be a close friend or a family member that the person would still have pushed Macbeth to go to such lengths as assassination in order to make way to the throne.