Gender Flashcards
Macbeth’s view of L.M.
Bring forth men-children only, / For thy undaunted mettle should compose / Nothing but males
L.M. losing her femininity
Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here / And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull / Of direst cruelty
L.M. accepting to poison her children
Take my milk for gall
Macbeth being masculine at the beginning
Brave Macbeth
L.M. attacking Macbeth’s bravery
Art thou afeared / To be the same in thine own act and valour, / As thou art in desire?
L.M. questioning Macbeth’s masculinity
Are you a man?
L.M. saying Macbeth is not manly enough
I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way
Macbeth showing “feminine” qualities
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
