The Tragedy of Macbeth Review

Stone cold banger every time. There's so much to say about how this play handles gender—Lady Macbeth uses the idea of manhood as a lever to get her husband to act against his king, and asks the spirits to make her a man. But this coercive understanding of "manhood" is challenged at the end, as Macduff claims manhood as specifically the ability to feel unflinchingly. In that light, you can even read Lady M's descent as her wish being granted wrong: she is given the ability to feel and cannot bear it.
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