In shakespeare’s time, there were very definite ideas about how men and women differed. in macbeth, shakespeare suggests that violence is a more inherently male behavior.
which incidents in the play convey that idea?
select each correct answer.
lady macbeth refuses to fight in the final battle to protect her husband, instead locking herself in her room at dunsinane.
lady macduff suggests that her husband leave the country and find safety in england rather than fight macbeth.
macbeth tells lady macbeth she should have only male children because of her unusual strength and ambition.
lady macbeth asks the spirits to “unsex her” to make her more masculine so that she can go through with the plan to murder duncan.