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Summary notes on Masculine Values in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
Title: Summary notes on Masculine Values in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 520 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Summary notes on Masculine Values in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
-Ambiguity between gender roles eg. witches in opening scene (act aggressively and authoritatively yet have minimal powers; are female yet have beards)
-Reason for gender ambiguity: Certain qualities associated with both genders
-Macbeth's Scotland = world of constant war with 'heroic' culture
-In 'heroic' worlds, women must become men & fight = loss of women to culture = subject of tragedy
-Macbeth = butcher & hero (lives in culture that values butchery)
-Reference of manhood to ability …showed first 75 words of 520 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 520 total…world where power can no longer distinguish the elements it was designed to protect
-Totally masculine world -> courage, prowess, ability to kill dominate (compassion, nurturance & mercy not in balance)
-Shakespeare saw dangers to society of the world granting priority to masculine principle
-Macbeth does not kill out of passion but out of reason -> wants power! -> Forgets values of life
Sources: 'Macbeth' and Masculine Values by Marilyn French
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