Lady Macbeth의 양성적 특성 = The Masculinity and Feminity of Lady Macbeth

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper aims mainly to examine the masculinity of Lady Macbeth and its destructive influence upon Macbeth's tragic end, although she has both masculinity and feminity. Masculinity means such qualitied found in Elizabethan literature as ambition for power, aggression, boldness, and prowess.
But Lady Macbeth demands brutal masculinity of Macbeth. She scolds him for his mildness and urges him to murder Duncan. She also exercises this kind of masculinity herself to accomplish her strong ambition for power, thus leading and mastering him. From an Elizabethan patriarchal point of view such strong, aggressive and domineering women as Lady Macbeth were the opposite of ideal women, because the most important feminine quality in those days was submissiveness. She is such an unusual woman as Elizabeth 1 and the female ones who are shrewd, astute and intelligent in Shakespearean plays.
Her masculinity appears in two ways. She manipulates Macbeth, demands of him brutal masculinity and thus leads him to the murder of Duncan. She also exercises cruel masculinity herself and thoroughly supervises the process of Duncan's murder. Macbeth's first crime, the murder of Duncan, leads to his ensuing crimes, beginning with killing two chamberlains first and then Banquo, and finally brings about his own tragic end. And the murder of Duncan results from Lady Macbeth's instigating Macbeth to do. So Macbeth's destruction results from Lady Macbeth's manipulation and especially from the influence of her masculinity.
Lady Macbeth leads Macbeth to tragic end by her brutal masculinity, which is not the only one but one of its causes.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목차
• 1. 서론 = 48
• 2. 본론 =49
• 2.1 Elizabeth시대의 여성관 = 49
• 2.2 Lady Macbeth의 남성성 = 52
• 2.3 Lady Macbeth의 여성성 = 65
• 2.4 Macbeth의 비극적 종말 = 70
• 3. 결론 = 74
• 참고문헌 = 75