Francis Macomber is a thirty-five year old man who is on a safari in Africa. He is also there with his wife, he is feminine and cowardly. Macomber is considered a coward because when faced with his first lion, he fled and fled, increasing his wife's hatred. She's been disapproving of him for a while. She's basically a snake in the grass and cheating on Macomber. Macomber decides to have a brave moment in his life to get a chance and, in doing so, is killed. Gender roles and masculinity have played a major role in history; whether it’s Margot or Frances Macomber, and even more. Francis Macomber is a middle-aged man who is good at court games such as: tennis or squash, competitions where there are established standards and rules of play. Additionally, there are confined play areas for its games. He is quite wealthy and some say he is handsome, which adds to Francis' masculinity. His wife, on the other hand, does not think highly of him and considers him a coward. Margot on the other hand his “beautiful wife”, who really doesn't like Francis but stays with him anyway. She cheats on him and despises him, basically because he only married her for her looks. Margot, on the other hand, is partly responsible for the same thing because she only married him for his money. They're both stuck in a situation because they both got married for the wrong reasons. Their gender roles kind of fight against each other because she doesn't care about the relationship and cheats; and he tries to prove that he is a man and yet he fails because he tries too hard. Masculinity is something that Margot and others at the Safari believe is an aspect of manhood that Francis lacks. This Safari experience, in the jungle, is the main point of predator versus prey and between the...... middle of paper... ... goes out the window. He's been killing animals left and right and ever since his manhood has been shining and it's the best part of his life. This is sort of the beginning of his life where he establishes his manhood and she no longer has any control over him. She states “I hate this” because she is afraid of what will come next (Hemingway 25). Margot's anger grew by the minute and she felt her control slowly weaken. Macomber told him in other words, shut up if you don't know what we're talking about. There, she knew their relationship was about to take a turn for the worst. It was then that she finally confirmed that in the near future, their marriage would no longer last. She shoots Macomber in the back of the head while Wilson and Macomber confront the bull. She said as if it was an accident but even in the best part of his manhood it only lasted briefly.