Gender/Witches Flashcards
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Q
“When you durst do it,”
“then you were a man” .
A
Lady Macbeth’s ongoing influence on Macbeth could be why, unlike Banquo, he is unable to resist the Witches’ influence. Macbeth has many moments when he is decided to resist evil and not murder Duncan. But this reluctance causes him to be emasculated by Lady Macbeth - she is outraged, calls him a coward and questions his manhood: “When you durst do it,” she says, “then you were a man” . This tempts Macbeth back into murder as he does not want to be seen as feminine
