Macbeth's masculinity is recognized and defined by himself and by other, influential people around him. On the battlefield, he is proclaimed to be a courageous, 'valiant cousin,' and a 'worthy gentlemen,' who 'brandished steel which smoked

"Unsex me here," she asks evil spirits. These words reveal to me that it was supposed to portray that femininity cannot link to power. She is dissatisfied by being a mere female. She wishes to be more like a man, to rid the shackles of her gender and its apparent traits. She wishes to absorb expected male qualities like aggressiveness: "And fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty." She wants to rid herself of the very symbols of womanhood, for example: "Come to my woman's breast and take my milk for gall." It is interesting that in the movie Lady Macbeth was shown calling upon the evil spirits to release her from the bonds of womanhood just as the witches in act One, Scene One also called on evil spirits. I found it very intriguing that this adaptation of Shakespeare’s text appeared to show that the only way for a woman to break her stereotype is to call upon powers and forces stronger than nature.

That I may pour my spirits in thine ear;

When she reads Macbeth’s revelation of the witches’ predictions towards the end of the movie, she immediately assumes that only her perseverance can lead Macbeth to pursue and acquire the desired position of king, which represents power and authority. She summons the absent Macbeth with chiding words:

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