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GCSE English Literature
Macbeth
Masculinity
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“Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.”
(lady macbeth, act 1)
"The
witches
are also used by
Shakespeare
to show how masculine power can corrupt men into becoming evil."
Macbeth
also shows his lack of
traditional masculinity
when he allows women to control and manipulate him.
‘coward’
(lady macbeth, act 1)
‘are you a man
?‘ (lady macbeth, act 1)
‘in
nature
is a
tyranny’
(malcolm, act 3)
‘dispute it like a man’
(malcolm, act 4)
‘and take my
milk
for gall you
murdering
ministers’ (lady macbeth, act 1)