Have you ever considered what gender actually means? Many people think that gender is whether you are a man or a woman. Gender describes whether you are a man or a woman but it also implies your identity. Each of us has two sides, a masculine side and a feminine side. Men are mostly masculine and women are mostly feminine. Masculinity means you are strong, which means you don't complain or act stupid. Men are mostly athletic and energetic. Being feminine means that sometimes you are afraid. You're afraid to do things. It also means that you are kind to others and are sensitive to the world. William Shakespeare's play Macbeth is about a person who wants to become king. Throughout the show, she has to struggle with her gender. He continues to get confused when his wife Lady Macbeth tells him what to do. Throughout the play, both characters switch gender roles, Lady Macbeth loses her feminine qualities while Macbeth attempts to become more masculine, and events exert emotional pressure that causes their mental states to unravel. Lady Macbeth wanted to divest herself of sex. She wanted to become more like a man than a woman. She wanted to get rid of all her feminine qualities. As Duncan is about to enter the place where he was about to be killed, Lady Macbeth asks the evil spirits: “… Come, ye spirits / That entertain mortal thoughts, strip me here, / And fill me from head to toe full / of the most atrocious cruelty. Make my blood thick. / Block the access and passage to remorse, / so that no compunction visit of nature / shakes my dark purpose, nor maintains the peace between / The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, / And take my milk for gall, you murderous ministers, / Everywhere in your blind substances / wait... middle of paper... ing. Lady Macbeth had died because she had gone mad and was too afraid of what would happen to her and Macbeth. Throughout the play, both characters switch gender roles, Lady Macbeth loses her feminine qualities while Macbeth attempts to become more masculine, and events exert emotional pressure that causes their mental states to unravel. Works Cited Adelman, Janet. “‘Born of Woman’: Fantasies of Maternal Power in Macbeth.” Macbeth-William Shakespeare, new edition. By Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 2010. 33-60. Print.Berry, Ralph. “Macbeth: The Sexual Subplot.” Macbeth-William Shakespeare, new edition. By Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 2010. 101-116. Print.Shakespeare, William Macbeth. The language of literature: British literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee, et al. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2006. 327-416. Press