... , he loses his nerve and becomes "pale and green." Lady Macbeth further denigrates Macbeth's masculinity; she manipulates "brave" Macbeth's manhood and patriotic sense of glory and power, in telling him "when you durst do it, then you were a man." Despite Macbeth's warrior status, he believes killing Duncan is a subhuman act and "who dares do more is none." ... ; Macbeth is too full of 'human kindness', yet is a loyal husband who feels that he must prove himself as a man, which ... allows Lady Macbeth to use her mental strength to associate the act of killing Duncan to his commi...

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