I, the newly crowned Macbeth, have been thought of as a battle warrior. At least, that's the perception I've gotten from a lot of my trusted peoples. I should take pride lately, but it feels like my manly wife, Lady Macbeth, has taken a lot of my pride away. There's a part of me that is selfish, and wants to keep her pride for myself, but now I actually feel that she has "unsexed" me. Since she already feels like a man by plotting such evil things like taking down a king, she targets me as weak and non-manly. All because I'm too afraid to kill a worthy king? I know I should feel superior in my position, but now that the worthy Duncan is dead, that gives me the title of King of Scotland. What will that make my wife? Just a servant? I think that suits her best, and I'm sure I'd feel more confident if she were below me.
If my wife gains too much power from this newfound glory of mine, her rage could be used to make Scotland a town of misery. I can already tell that she's been mad, and making excuses for my hesitation and for my so-called "ungratefulness" at being King. I can show her that I was meant to rule. Did I not take enough power as Thane of Glamis, and then as Thane of Cawdor? I already have so much power; I don't want to lose it to her because she thinks she's man enough to face me. Her evil is too much for me to handle. She might as well have killed Duncan herself! If the Witches were right in the first place, the title of King could have just been given to me; none of this needed to happen! I wonder if I'm next in line for my wife to take down, so that se can possess this manly power...
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