Act 1: Lady Macbeth's Masculine Side

      In Act 1 Scene 5, the readers get to see into Lady Macbeth's thoughts. She is all in on Macbeth's idea of killing the king, but fears that he won't be able to go through with it. He keeps going back and forth on whether he actually wants to kill Duncan or not and it is worrying Lady Macbeth. She does not want to have to rely on Macbeth to kill the king and wishes that she could have the strength of a man to do it herself. She asks the spirits to unsex her and rid herself of her feminine qualities, so that she could rid herself of feminine weaknesses and get the job done. She's the true man in the family and constantly let's Macbeth know by questioning his masculinity so that he will kill Duncan.