Toxic Masculinity (and Macbeth)
So, in English, we have to do a presentation about a theme in Macbeth. As well as being completely terrified of public speaking (especially to my peers), I also have an embarrassing habit of going off on a massive rant about something that...is only very vaguely connected to what I am supposed to be speaking about. Case in point: I was practising with a friend, and I managed to spend at least two minutes rambling on about James I and the Duke of Buckingham, and about Shakespeare's sonnets (spoiler- someone changed the pronouns!) Anyway, I have decided to write down my speech here. Hopefully, it will give me more of a structure to follow so that I don't make it up on the spot. Here we go: I'm going to be talking about the Theme of Masculinity in the play Macbeth. Firstly, what does masculinity mean? Some synonyms are strength, toughness, muscular and powerful. In direct contrast, as femininity is the antonym of masculinity, synonyms for femininity are caring, ho...