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English Lit: AQA GCSE Macbeth, topic 3.2.3
More delicate phrasing is required here: Lady Macbeth is not a submissive character and she subverts the gender hierarchy of the time. She has a desire to transcend her role as a woman (‘unsex me here’) and refuses to conform to limiting social expectations.
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When Lady Macbeth says 'unsex me here' is she saying that she identifies as a man?