Masculinity in Shakespeare's MacbethThe great masterpiece Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, deals with many different hidden themes. One of the best hidden themes in Macbeth is virility. Shakespeare's descriptions of his characters give actual descriptions of living beings, not of actors on a stage. His manuscript is able to show the masculinity of men as well as women. Masculinity isn't just for men; some women are just like men in their pursuit of ambition. In the play Macbeth, it appears that Lady Macbeth is a man trapped in a woman's body. She is full of greed, envy and hatred and will use any person or thing until she gets what she wants or achieves her evil goals. In the play she hides her true feelings and pretends to be a normal woman. However, his evil nature shines through in his false face. This simply shows that Lady Macbeth is like a rose. A rose is beautiful and smells good, but if you are not careful the thorns will prick your fingers. Lady Macbeth seems to lose her sanity on the night of Duncun's murder and cannot relate to her feelings or guilty conscience. He admits that he "could kill his only son just as easily (I vii 72-74)". This actually means that Lady Macbeth is colder than ice and seems to have lost all sense of right and wrong. She then tells her husband that "a little water clears the deed" (II ii 66). Lady Macbeth thought that the murder would be easy to carry out, but in reality it was not as easy as she had said or thought. , dying without any fear seems to be the highest achievement of one's life. It seems that not fearing death is more important than coming up with a great invention that could change the world. When young Siward dies, his father is more concerned about how he was killed. Siward wants to know where the wounds were on his son. When Ross tells Siward that his son had marks on the front of his body, his father is proud and boasts of his death: "Then, let God's soldier be he (V viii l 46)". Siward's father appears not to be saddened by his son's death from what he was saying. Ambition seems to be in all men, and all men strive to satisfy the need for it.