The Masculinity of Macbeth

To this day, Macbeth remains one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies, with the eponymous protagonist being the quintessential tragic hero. In the beginning, Macbeth is a moral man. He is the “brave Macbeth,” (1.2.18) who, with his “brandished steel, / Which smoked with bloody execution,” (1.2.19-20) was able to slice his enemies from “the nave [...]

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