gender roles

gender roles

1. (a4,s2)''all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand''lady macbeth

   • This portrays gender roles of the time as it shows even if she had ''unsexed'' herself she was still too fragile and weak to bear the responsibilities man had done at the time. this is irony as she had contradicted herself by saying ''this must not be thought it will make you mad'' she had later gone so mad she had ender her own life.

2. (a3,s4)''are you a man''lady macbeth

   • This portrays her manipulative nature and acting on how gender was portrayed at the time and the questioning of his masculinity to make him get a hold of himself after the sight of banquos ghost

3. (a2,s3)''help me hence ,ho''lady macbeth

   • Lady Macbeth is seen to use her gender as an advantage and an escape route from all suspicion on the counts of murder of king Duncan,for when they had first discovered the kings corpse

4. (a1,s7)''while it was smiling in my face ,have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed its brains out''lady macbeth

   • Lady Macbeth completely goes against gender roles of the time hey jackobean area as women must seem to be loving and caring of children and not a strong ambitious powerful insensitive woman

5. (a1,s7)''i dare do all that may become a man.who dares do more is none''macbeth''when you durst do it you were a man''lady macbeth

   • this against gender roles of the time as the woman has more power and ambition to do acts men would have more likely done at the time

6. (a1,s4)''unsex me here and fill me from crown to toe top-full of direst cruelty''lady macbeth

   • This quote represents how the two genders had been viewed in the Jacobean era and how to be considered strong and cruel would strip strip yourself of womanly virtues. this also shows a theme of the supernatural as she calls upon spirits to do this action