When the boy reaches the age of eight it is the end of his childhood and he is ceremonially removed from his mother's home and joins the men's house in the center of the village. ... These areas are termed the intelligent parts of the body and are painted to get rid of the spirits as well as to re-energize them and add to their sensitivity. ... As part of the ceremony the man would receive a large V stretching from his shoulders to his navel, the men are also confined to their houses and have dietary taboos. ...

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"(Brinzeu, 256) One of the biggest examples of gender breaking or reversing would be, the lady of the house herself, Lady Macbeth. ... Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits and asks them to "unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!...

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• Grade Level: High School