Is she a male? (ENTRY 2)

I have watched a video from SparkNotes. www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/macbeth It's not really a video that has actors or actresses acting in it. It's more like story telling. The narrator narrates the events of the story and certain scenes are portrayed in a way that look like paintings. I'm not so interested in videos that don't really provide much information. It has not much difference from what I have read in the plot overview. I am also not an auditory learner. I would prefer reading it myself than listening to a video that I thought it has information on language and culture. It is a summary of Macbeth in a form of story telling and it does not reach my expectation. Let's continue with my findings after I have done some reading. Is Macbeth ambitious? Or is it Lady Macbeth who possesses such quality? Is she a male trapped in a woman's body? I am very interested to know about Lady Macbeth especially from Act 1, Scene 5 and 7. There are many lines that show that she is even more ambitious that her husband. "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness" (1.5.15) Lady Macbeth thinks that Macbeth shall be the King but she fears that he is too kind to take steps necessary to make himself one. Why use 'milk' of human kindness? Is milk associated with female? If the answer is yes, I would suggest that Lady Macbeth sees her husband who is kind, possesses female quality; therefore, he is weak and incapable to make himself King for his female quality. "...unsex me here;/And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/ Of direst cruelty..." (1.5.42-43) "Come to my woman's breasts,/And take my milk for gall..." (1.5.47-48) She wants to be 'unsex'. She wishes she's a man so that she can carry out the murder herself. She is the real steel behind Macbeth. She's the one who is manipulating her husband's mind. She is even more ambitious in making Macbeth a King that Macbeth himself. She appears to be cruel with no self-doubt as compared to Macbeth who has a soliloquy in Scene 7 that shows doubt in murdering Duncan. Breasts and milk represent womanhood. They are symbols of nurture suggesting the confined social roles of women. Lady Macbeth feels the constraint and these qualities of hers restrain her from performing acts of violence and cruelty. Violence and cruelty are defined as manliness by Lady Macbeth. This can be seen when she questions Macbeth on his manhood in following lines. "Art thou afread/To be the same in thine own act and valour/As thout art in desire?" (1.7.39-41) She is comparing Macbeth manhood on his intention in killing Duncan with his ability to carry out a sexual act. "When you durst do it, then you were a man" (1.7.49) Lady Macbeth continues to manipulate Macbeth's mind in challenging his manhood. She is really persistent in her goal. "If we should fail?", asked Macbeth. "We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place,/And we'll no fail.", answered Lady Macbeth. If she has made a decision, nothing can stop her. I'm confused with line 73 to 75 from scene 7. "Bring forth men-children only;/ For thy undaunted mettle should compose/Nothing but males. Macbeth says that Lady Macbeth should give birth only to male children? Why does he say so? Is it because Macbeth agrees with Lady Macbeth that courage, determination and brilliance are masculine traits? Or complementing her courageous wife? That is why he has agreed to perform the act of murdering Duncan. Written by, Chong Wei Sam (151654)