Macbeth Manhood Quotes

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In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Manhood is a quirk that is questioned by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's manhood and persuades him to murder Duncan, The King of Scotland. Macbeth then enrage the murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance by questioning their manhood just as Lady Macbeth did to Macbeth in the first place. Macbeth is cursed with visions of Banquo's Ghost and this causes Lady Macbeth to question him again on his manhood making Macbeth feel the need prove his manliness even more. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a very brave, strong ruler far better than the previous Thane of Cawdor, he is obedient to his king. As the play goes on Macbeth's hands are covered in blood and he can’t stop …show more content…

Macbeth feels threatened by their prophecies and apparitions, especially when the witch states the sons of Duncan will take macbeth's throne. These witches show that they as “women” are dominating Macbeth. This domination goes against the stereotype that males hold dominance over females. It is very clear that Macbeth doesn't like this domination and feels he needs to be better/out-smart the witches prophecies/apparitions that have threatened Macbeth's entitlement to the throne. As he plans to kill Banquo and Duncan it is very obvious that Macbeth doesn't feel like a real man, Macbeth wants all power on his plate in his own hands. The witches making Macbeth worry about his throne sparked a horrible killing spree, essentially because the witches were females dominating Macbeth, he holds it upon himself to prove them wrong and show that he is far superior. The death of Macbeth was his uncontrollable desire to be the “Alpha Male”. This is ironic because Macbeth is already the better man until he tries to be better than the …show more content…

You can always love a person dearly, but if you feel they are better than you in any way, you will have a undefinable amount of resentment towards this person. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth to kill Duncan by questioning him and saying she will have to do it herself because he is not a big enough man. This is why Macbeth felt the need to murder, once again to prove dominance. Lady Macbeth also is very self sufficient. When Macbeth feels too much guilt to plant the bloody daggers by the sleeping guards, Lady Macbeth steps right up dominating her husband doing it herself. This is why Macbeth didn't tell his wife about his plan to kill Banquo, to show he has a mind of his own.
When Macbeth finds out that Macduff wasn't actually born from a women due to a c-section he realizes he is no better than the witches because he knows Macduff will kill him. Instead of running from danger Macbeth shows real manhood through fighting Macduff to his own grave. Macbeth found true manhood and realizes he has to be the better man to find true manhood in himself, but it was ironically too late. Macbeth had already sunken his own

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