Patriarchy

Question 1

What does the quotation ‘unsex me here’ display about power in the patriarchy

Answer 1

That in order to be powerful lady Macbeth must become more masculine

Question 2

Why does Shakespeare exaggerate patriarchal anomalies

Answer 2

To criticise the guidelines of society

Question 3

Where does Macbeth’s ambition come from?

Answer 3

The false and cruel representation of masculinity and what it takes to be a man

Question 4

What does Macduff teach Malcom about Masculinity with “i must feel it like a man” when he found his family dead.

Answer 4

Malcom needs to feel empathy to be more of a wise and noble man. “He is worth more sorrow”