Men

First quote:Macbeth: Please, stop! I dare to do only what is proper for a man to do.
 He who dares to do more is not a man at all.
Lady Macbeth: What beast was’t, then,

That made you break this enterprise to me?

When you durst do it, then you were a man;

And to be more than what you were, you would

Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place

Did then adhere, and yet you would make both.

They have made themselves, and that their fitness now.

(Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 50-61)

The Context: In this quote Lady Macbeth  just asked Macbeth to kill the king ,but Macbeth has said he wouldn't do so because it is not proper of a man to do so. However, Lady Macbeth thinks that if her husband did kill the king than he would become even more of a man.

The Explanation: Here Shakespeare is showing the conflicting views that both Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth have on what it takes to be a man, and what men should do. 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Quote dos:

Lady Macbeth:I have given suck and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me,
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums
And dash'd the brains out had I so sworn as you
Have done to this. (Act1 Scene 7 line 62-67)

The Context: In this quote Macbeth doesn't want to murder the king anymore, and Lady Macbeth is saying is wouldn't be manly to back out of of a promise.

The Explanation: Also, in this quote Shakespeare shows what he thinks a man should be like. Shakespeare thinks that in order to be a man you have to keep true to your promises. He demonstrates that when Lady Macbeth says that she would be willing to even kill her own baby if she made a promise to do so.
                                                                                                                                                              
Quote #3:
Lady Macbeth: unsex me here,
and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full, 
of dirtiest cruelty. Make thick my blood.
Stop up th' access and passage to remorse.
(Act 1 scene 5 line 48-51)

The Context : Lady Macbeth wants to become a man so she would be able to kill the king herself.  

The explanation:  In this quote Shakespear shows what men are like. He says that men are filled of cruelty but never feel remorse for doing bad things.

                                                                                                                                                                    

Quote IV: 

Macbeth, and Seyton

Bring it after me.

I will not be afraid of death and bane,

Till Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane.

(act 5 Scene 3 lines 72-74.)

The Context: In this quote when Macbeth and Seyton are talking Macbeth tells Seyton to get the armor, and bring it with them. Macbeth also tells him not to be afraid death ,but just think about going to Birman forest.

The explanation: In this quote Shakespeare tries to show that to be a man you have to be fearless even if its death that you might be facing.

                                                                                                                                                                      

The Final Quote:

 "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth."

 (Act 4 scene 3 lines 67-69)

The Content: In this quote Malcom and Macduff are in a conversation about Macbeth, and how he is the new king. They also talk about how such a horrible person Macbeth is, and how not even a devil is worse than him. 

The Explanation: In this instance shakespeare tries to show that in order to be a man you must show no mercy, and you have to be evil. 

       The recurring theme throughout the books of the Odyssey is that you should be loyal to your superiors, and you should treat everyone with respect no matter who they are. The reason these themes are important is because if the Suitors would have done these two things they would not have been killed in the end.
       First, once Odysseus had been missing for many years everyone he had once been close to gave up hope in him, and became disloyal except for a few close friends, and his wife Penelope. The traitors took advantage of Odysseus being gone, and they tried taking all his belongings, and even his wife. Then once Odysseus returns and finds out what has happened he takes revenge on the suitors with his son Tellemicus. Odysseus locked all of the traits in a room and slaughtered them for being disloyal. " Destruction is clear for each and every suitor; not a soul escapes his death and doom" (pg. 408   628-629). This shows that if you become disloyal to your superiors bad things will happen to you in the long run.
        When Odysseus returns home he want to find out who has become disloyal to him. To do so Odysseus tests everyones loyalty by being disguised as a beggar. "Off you go to bed. Ill stay here behind and test the women, test your mother." (pg. 391   47-48). Once he is disguised as a beggar he can find out who has become disloyal. The traitors treat Odysseus poorly because they don't notice who he really is, and he finds out that they didn't remain loyal. Odysseus also finds out that his wife has stayed loyal to him even with him being gone for so long. The shows the theme because if the suitors treated everyone with respect, they would have been nice to Odysseus as a bagger, and Odysseus may not have killed them in the end.
        The theme of loyalty comes up again in book 12 when Odysseus and his crew are traveling on the sea. For example when their passing the Sirens, Odysseus and his crew only survived because of the crews loyalty to Odysseus. "Soften some beeswax and stop your shipmates' ears so none can hear but if you are bent on hearing have them tie you hand and foot in the swift ship erect at the mast-block, lashed by ropes to the mast"(Pg.273, 53-57). Most crews would have wanted to hear the Sirens beautiful music which would cause them to die, however the crews loyalty kept them alive. The crew agreed to plug their ears so they couldn't hear the Sirens, and then they agreed to bound Odysseus to the ship so he still could hear the Sirens, but he wouldn't be able to leave the ship.In this instance the crews loyalty to Odysseus kept them all alive.