Manhood
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Strength, bravery, ruthless, courage, cold-hearted, vicious, and the thirst for blood represented Manhood. A prevalent theme represented in Macbeth was "Manhood". They are known to be vicious and fearful, when they need to be. The three arguments which represented this theme was when Lady Macbeth wanted to be a man. Macbeth was about to call the murder off, but Lady Macbeth questioned his manhood and the dispute with Macduff and Malcolm. Shakespeare uses manhood to show that men are much more superior then females.
In Act 1, Lady Macbeth shows that she wants to be a man. She shows this in this quote. "That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/ And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/ Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, / That no compunctions visitings of nature/ Shake my fell purpose, not keep peace between/ Th' effect and it!..