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• women were expected to be loyal and respectful daughters , wives and mothers. Angering the men in their lives could result to being kicked out or killed , and was impossible for women to support themselves
• " Prithee, peace: i dare do all that may become man ; who dares do more is none" - Macbeth is stating that man who is not honourable is not a real man. He cannot withstand the attack on his masculinity as Shakespeare conveys how sensitive and fragile he is. Shakespeare implies that there are two types of man: one is violent and one is chivalrous
• "what beast was't then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you are man" - Lady macbeth implies that to become a real man you must dare to do whatever it takes to get to what you want. In this case Lady Macbeth states that for Macbeth to show he is a real man he has to do immoral acts to get what he wants ,such as treason
• "do it like a man" - malcom