Feminine Gender Roles Quiz

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1. "O gentle lady, 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak., the repetition in a woman's ear Would murder as it fell." (2.3.96-99)p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}Should Lady Macbeth not be able to hear about Duncan's death? Do you think she is strong enough to hear it or is she too "womanly"?
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If you take this quiz, you will see how you fit the gender roles in Macbeth's time frame. The role for men was to be strong and a... see moreleader who was afraid of nothing and feared by everything. The role of a woman was to do all the housework and not really have another purpose other than to go along with what their husbands want. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, women are shown as the weaker gender and are not as capable as men. P. P1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} see less

2. "The Queen, my lord, is dead. " (5.5.19)In this scene, we assume that Lady Macbeth killed herself. Why do you think she did that? 
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3. What is a woman to you? 
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4. If you could choose, what character would YOU be in Macbeth? 
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5. "​Help me hence, ho!" (2.3.138) Do you think Lady Macbeth faked her faint or not? Do you think she knew and just wanted to prove Donaldbain right, that she couldn't hear such sorrowful news?p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}
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6. "Sirrah, your father's dead. And what will you do now? How will you live?" (4.2.35-36)p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px} li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} ol.ol1 {list-style-type: decimal}Do you think Lady Macduff fits her gender role here? Do you think she was right to keep the truth about Macduff from her son and make sure he was happy? 
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7. What do you think of when you think of Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the book? 
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8. P.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}"Seek to know no more." (4.1.118)Who do you think had more dominance when Macbeth was being shown the Apparitions?
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"O gentle lady, 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak.,...
"The Queen, my lord, is dead. " (5.5.19)In this scene, we...
What is a woman to you? 
If you could choose, what character would YOU be in Macbeth? 
"​Help me hence, ho!" (2.3.138) Do you think Lady Macbeth...
"Sirrah, your father's dead. And what will you do now? How...
What do you think of when you think of Lady Macbeth at the beginning...
P.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue';...
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