Manhood and Masculine Identity in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth

Maria Howell's, Manhood and Masculine Identity in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, is an important and compelling scholarly work which seeks to examine the sixteenth century's greatest concern, echoed by Hamlet himself, "What is a man?" In an attempt to analyze the concept of manhood in Macbeth , Howell explores the contradictions and ambiguities that underlie heroic notions of masculinity dramatized throughout the play.