Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, at the beginning of the play, have a fairly equal marriage. In fact, Lady Macbeth's role in plotting the murder of Duncan shows the partnership of the couple.
Lady Macbeth even issued a plea to "desex" her to be able to help her husband in the crime. After the murder, Lady Macbeth must help her husband when he cannot return the daggers to the room, because he is so shaken. She is strong up to this point in the play.
Things tend to return to more traditional gender roles after that point.Macbeth does not reveal all the details of the murder to his wife. He is shielding her from the graphic nature of murder, and she does not press him. After that , she loses control of him. He does not tell her of his plan to kill Banquo, and she has no idea that he planned to kill Macduff's family.
Macbeth takes the dominant role, and does not feel he owes his wife any explanations.
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