Gender

Question 1

What characters are associated with Gender ?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Malcolm
Macduff

Question 2

How is Lady Macbeth associated with gender ?

Answer 2

Persuaded Macbeth to kill Duncan by questioning his Manhood :

“When you’d hear do it the you are a man”

Tries to break him out of his trace at the banquet “are you a man ? “

Faints when Ducan’s body it discovered “help me hence, ho!”, using the idea of women being weaker to her advantage

She asks the sprits to “unsex her “ and “take “
her “milk for gall” so that she could become more masculine and be strong enough to kill Duncan herself

Question 3

Macbeth convinces the Murder’s to murder Banquo by saying what ?

Answer 3

“i’th rank of manhood “
is they didn’t kill Duncan

Question 4

How are Malcom and Macduff associated with manhood ?

Answer 4

Malcolm tell Maddy to take the news of his families murder like a man “Dispute it like a man”
Macduff then replies and correct his view on manhood and says “i shall do so. But i also must feel it like a man”