Masculinity and Femininity Quotes

Question 1

to be powerful

Answer 1

“Come you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (Act 1, Scene 5)

Question 2

through LM’s emasculation of Macbeth

Answer 2

“Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’, Like the poor cat i’th’adage?” (Act 1, Scene 7)

Question 3

through LM’s manipulation of Macbeth to murder Duncan

Answer 3

“When you durst do it, then you were a man” (Act 1, Scene 7)

Question 4

through societal stereotypes

Answer 4

“O gentle lady, ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repitition in a woman’s ear Would murder as it fell” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 5

through Macbeth’s ridicule of the murderers

Answer 5

“Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels…all by the name of dogs” (Act 3, Scene 1)

Question 6

through LM’s frustration with Macbeth’s fear and guilt

Answer 6

“What, quite unmann’d in folly?” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 7

through Malcolm’s acceptance support of Macduff’s grief

Answer 7

“What man, ne’er pull your hat upon your brows” (Act 4, Scene 3)

Question 8

through the contrast of Macduff’s grief and Macbeth’s grief

Answer 8

“I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man” (Act 4, Scene 3)

Question 9

through courage and bravery

Answer 9

“But like a man he died” (Act 5, Scene 9)